Marianne Mithun

Professor
Marianne Mithun
Born1946
OccupationProfessor of Linguistics
Awards2021 Neil and Saras Smith Medal
2018 Wilbur Cross Medal
Academic background
Education1974 PhD Yale University, Linguistics
1972(M.Phil)Yale
1972(MA.) Yale
1969 BA., Pomona College, Phi Beta Kappa, French
ThesisA Grammar of Tuscarora (1974)
Doctoral advisorFloyd Lounsbury
Academic work
DisciplineLinguistics
Sub-disciplineMorphology, syntax, discourse, prosody, and their interrelations; language contact and language change; typology and universals; language documentation; American Indian linguistics; Austronesian linguistics
Notable worksMithun, Marianne (1999). The languages of native North America.
Websitehttps://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/people/marianne-mithun

Marianne Mithun /mɪˈθn/is an American linguist specializing in American Indian languages and language typology. She is a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she has held an academic position since 1986.