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Martha Ratliff
Martha Ratliff is an American linguist and Professor Emerita at Wayne State University.[1] She is a leading specialist in Hmong–Mien languages and also notable for her reconstruction of Proto-Hmong–Mien.[2]
Martha Ratliff | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Thesis | The Morphological Functions of Tone in White Hmong (1986) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Wayne State University |
| Main interests | Hmong–Mien languages |
| Notable works | Hmong-Mien language history (2010) |
Ratliff earned a B.A. in English from Carleton College in 1968, an M.A.T. in English Education from University of Chicago in 1970, and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from University of Chicago in 1986, with a dissertation entitled The Morphological Functions of Tone in White Hmong.[3][4]
She currently serves as an associate editor for the historical linguistics journal Diachronica.[5] She is co-founder of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society along with Eric Schiller.[6]
Publications edit
- Ratliff, Martha (1992). Meaningful Tone: A Study of Tonal Morphology in Compounds, Form Classes, and Expressive Phrases in White Hmong. Dekalb, Illinois: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University. ISBN 1-877979-77-5.
- Ratliff, Martha (2004). "Vocabulary of Environment and Subsistence in the Hmong–Mien Protolanguage". In Tapp; Michaud; Culas; Lee (eds.). Symposium on the Hmong/Miao in Asia. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books. pp. 147–165. Manuscript.
- Ratliff, Martha (2010). Hmong-Mien language history. Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 978-0-85883-615-0.
- Newman, Paul and Martha Ratliff. 2001. Linguistic Fieldwork. Cambridge University Press.
- 玛莎·拉特利夫 [Martha Ratliff] (2019). Miao Yao yuyan lishi yanjiu [苗瑶语言历史研究]. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 9787520351775 (Chinese translation of Ratliff's 2010 book, Hmong-Mien language history)
References edit
- ^ "Martha Ratliff - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Wayne State University". clasprofiles.wayne.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ "Martha Ratliff publications and citations". scholar.google.se. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ Communications, Wayne State University Web. "Martha Ratliff - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Wayne State University". clasprofiles.wayne.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ . linguistics.uchicago.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ "Diachronica". diachronica.org. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ "Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society". www.jseals.org. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
External links edit
- Official faculty page