Terrence Kaufman

Terrence Kaufman
Born(1937-06-14)June 14, 1937
DiedMarch 3, 2022(2022-03-03) (aged 84)
TitleProfessor emeritus
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California at Berkeley
ThesisGrammar of Tzeltal (1963)
Academic advisorsWilliam F. Shipley, Mary Haas
Academic work
Era21st century
DisciplineLinguistics and anthropology
Sub-disciplineMesoamerican
InstitutionsUniversity of Pittsburgh, University of California at Berkeley

Terrence Kaufman (1937[1] – March 3, 2022) was an American linguist specializing in documentation of unwritten languages, lexicography, Mesoamerican historical linguistics and language contact phenomena. He was an emeritus professor of linguistics and anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh.

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