# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wallace-chafe
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:27:59.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wallace-chafe"
name: "Wallace Chafe"
slug: "wallace-chafe"
description: "Wallace L. Chafe was an American linguist. He was Professor Emeritus and research professor at The University of California, Santa Barbara."
tagline: "American linguist (1927–2019)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Wallace_Chafe.png"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-09-03"
deathDate: "2019-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.539561333333333
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Чейф, Уоллес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "والاس تشاف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wallace Chafe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Chafe"
    title: "Wallace Chafe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Chafe"
    title: "Wallace Chafe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Chafe"
    title: "Wallace Chafe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Chafe"
    title: "Wallace Chafe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%88%D6%82%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%BD_%D5%89%D5%A5%D5%B5%D6%86"
    title: "Ուոլես Չեյֆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wallace Chafe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Chafe"
    title: "Wallace Chafe"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump