Lyle Campbell | |
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Born | October 22, 1942 |
Academic background | |
Education | Brigham Young University (BA) University of Washington (MA) University of California, Los Angeles (PhD) |
Thesis | Historical Linguistics and Quichean Linguistic Prehistory (1971) |
Doctoral advisor | William O. Bright |
Academic work | |
Main interests | Historical linguistics, Native American languages |
Notable works | American Indian languages: the historical linguistics of Native America (1997), Historical Linguistics: An introduction (4 editions) |
Lyle Richard Campbell (born October 22, 1942)[1] is an American scholar and linguist known for his studies of indigenous American languages, especially those of Central America, and on historical linguistics in general. Campbell is professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.