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Victor Golla

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American linguist

United StatesAcademicsLived 1939 to 2021 · aged 82
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Victor Golla (1939-2021) was a linguist who specialized in the indigenous languages of California and Oregon, especially the Pacific Coast Athabaskan subgroup of the Athabaskan language family and the languages of the region that belong to the Penutian phylum.

Awards 2

2015Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2013Leonard Bloomfield Book Award

Connected to Victor 3

Geoffrey K. PullumAlso won Leonard Bloomfield Book AwardWilliam H. BaxterAlso won Leonard Bloomfield Book AwardLaurent SagartAlso won Leonard Bloomfield Book Award

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Irene Greif38.4Bob Scheifler38.4A. C. Dixon38.4

About this person

Victor Golla (1939-2021) was a linguist who specialized in the indigenous languages of California and Oregon, especially the Pacific Coast Athabaskan subgroup of the Athabaskan language family and the languages of the region that belong to the Penutian phylum. He was emeritus professor of anthropology at Humboldt State University and lived in Trinidad, California.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 2021 · aged 82
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6 languages

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