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) |
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]
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]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Graduate Alumni (1951-present) | Department of Linguistics". 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.