Marie-Lucie Tarpent | |
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Born | November 9, 1941 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Paris BA Cornell University MA University of Victoria PhD |
Thesis | A Grammar of the Nisgha Language (1987) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Linguist |
Institutions | Coast Mountain College (formerly Northwest Community College) Mount Saint Vincent University |
Main interests | Nisga'a language |
Notable works | "Documenting Alaskan and Neighboring Languages." |
Marie-Lucie Tarpent (born November 9, 1941) is a French-born Canadian linguist, formerly an associate professor of linguistics and French at Mount Saint Vincent University [MSVU], Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is known for her descriptive work on the Nisga'a language, a member of the Tsimshianic language family,[1][2] and for her proof of the affiliation of the Tsimshianic languages to the Penutian language group.[3]