Lucy Seki
Lucy Seki is a Brazilian linguist specializing in indigenous languages of the Americas. She is the author of a grammar of the Kamayurá language.
Biography
Lucy Seki has a Masters and Ph. D. in linguistics at the Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow. She is also a Bachelor in history by the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and did post-Doctorate studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a full professor at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. In 2010, she was elected an honorary member of the Linguistic Society of America for her outstanding contribution to the field.[1]
Publications
Books
- Gramática do Kamaiurá, Língua Tupi-Guarani do Alto Xingu. 482 pages + 17 color photo album Editora UNICAMP and São Paulo State Official Press (2000, in Portuguese). ISBN 85-268-0498-7.
Papers
- Kamaiurá (Tupi-Guarani) as an active-stative language. In D. L. Payne (ed.), Amazonian linguistics: Studies in Lowland South American languages, University of Texas Press (1990).
External links
- Coleção Lucy Seki: papers by Lucy Seki at the Curt Nimuendaju Digital Library
- Lucy Seki's profile at Etnolinguistica.Org's Directory of South Americanists
References
- ↑ List of honorary members of the Linguistic Society of America. Accessed on 2010-02-15.
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