Catherine Callaghan (linguist)
American linguist (1931–2019)
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Catherine A. Callaghan (October 31, 1931 – March 16, 2019) was an American linguist who spent much of her academic life as a professor at the Ohio State University.[1][2]
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Catherine Callaghan | |
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Callaghan in 2015 | |
| Born | October 31, 1931 |
| Died | March 16, 2019 (aged 87) |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (1963) |
| Mary Haas | |
| Academic work | |
Main interests | Penutian languages, Utian languages |
She received a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963. Her doctoral dissertation was a grammar of Lake Miwok,[3] written under the supervision of Mary Haas. She then started work on the Lake Miwok Dictionary, which was published in 1965.[4] She was appointed Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the Ohio State University in 1965 and remained there until her retirement.[5][6] She was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1969.[7]
Throughout her career, Callaghan's research focused on the Penutian languages of California, especially connections between Yokuts and Miwok. She appeared briefly in the documentary, How Dead do I Look?,[8] which was filmed in 2014. Her papers on Miwok Languages are collected at the California Language Archive.[9]
In 1973, Callaghan co-founded Feminists for Life, an anti-abortion feminist non-profit.[10][dead link]
Callaghan died on March 16, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio.[11][12]
Key publications
- Callaghan, Catherine A. 1965. Lake Miwok Dictionary. University of California Press.
- Callaghan, Catherine A. 1970. Bodega Miwok Dictionary. Publications in Linguistics 60. University of California Press.
- Callaghan, Catherine A. 1984. Plains Miwok Dictionary. Publications in Linguistics 105. University of California Press.
- Callaghan, Catherine A. 1987. Northern Sierra Miwok Dictionary. Publications in Linguistics 110. University of California Press.
- Callaghan, Catherine A. 2012. Proto-Utian Grammar and Dictionary with notes on Yokuts. Trends in Linguistics Documentation 31. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.