Peggy Speas

Margaret "Peggy" Speas is a linguist who works on syntax, specifically evidentiality and Navajo. She is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Speas received her PhD in Linguistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986.[1] Speas's work focuses on differences between elicitation, documentation and linguistic data analysis on North American Native Languages.[2] She also works with preservation of Navajo and is a founding member of the Navajo Language Academy.[3]

  1. ^ "Margaret Speas (CV)".
  2. ^ Sims, Christine (2010). "Indigenous Language Revitalization: Encouragement, Guidance & Lessons Learned". American Indian Quarterly. 34 (2): 263–265. doi:10.1353/aiq.0.0110. S2CID 161810295. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  3. ^ "UMass Amherst Linguist Recognized for Preserving Native American Languages". Indian Country. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08.