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]
- ^ 1986 (editor/compiler) Han'iimagoon'isgum-algax_hl Nisg_a'a/Nisgha Phrase Dictionary. New Aiyansh, B.C.: School District 92 (Nisgha). 564 pp. [A very Copious phrase book in 38 chapters with Nisgha/English and English/Nisgha Indexes; about 5,000 Nisgha items indexed]
- ^ Tarpent, Marie-Lucie (1992). A grammar of the Nisgha language. Ottawa: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. ISBN 0315681268. OCLC 28018655.
- ^ Tarpent, Marie-Lucie (1997-01-01). "Tsimshianic and Penutian: Problems, Methods, Results, and Implications". International Journal of American Linguistics. 63 (1): 65–112. doi:10.1086/466314. ISSN 0020-7071. S2CID 145019037.