Catherine Callaghan Explained

Catherine Callaghan
Birth Date:	31 October 1931
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Linguist
Alma Mater:	University of California, Berkeley (1963)
Doctoral Advisor:	Mary Haas
Main Interests:	Penutian languages, Utian languages

Catherine "Cathy" Callaghan (October 31, 1931 – March 16, 2019) was Professor Emerita in the Department of Linguistics at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.^{[1] [2]}

She received a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963. Her doctoral dissertation was a grammar of Lake Miwok,^[3] written under the supervision of Mary Haas. She then started work on the Lake Miwok Dictionary, which was published in 1965.^[4] She was appointed Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the Ohio State University in 1965 and remained there until her retirement.^{[5] [6]} She was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1969.^[7]

Throughout her career Callaghan's research focused on the Penutian languages of California, especially connections between Yokuts and Miwok. She appeared briefly in the documentary, How Dead do I Look?,^[8] which was filmed in 2014. Her papers on Miwok Languages are collected at the California Language Archive.^[9]

In 1973, Callaghan co-founded Feminists for Life, an anti-abortion feminist non-profit.^[10]

Callaghan died on March 16, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio.^{[11] [12]}

Key publications

• Callaghan, Catherine A. 1965. Lake Miwok Dictionary. University of California Press.
• Callaghan, Catherine A. 1970. Bodega Miwok Dictionary. Publications in Linguistics 60. University of California Press.
• Callaghan, Catherine A. 1984. Plains Miwok Dictionary. Publications in Linguistics 105. University of California Press.
• Callaghan, Catherine A. 1987. Northern Sierra Miwok Dictionary. Publications in Linguistics 110. University of California Press.
• Callaghan, Catherine A. 2012. Proto-Utian Grammar and Dictionary with notes on Yokuts. Trends in Linguistics Documentation 31. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.

External links

• Catherine A. Callahan Papers on Miwok Languages

Notes and References

1. News: Catherine Callaghan. 2013-05-15. Department of Linguistics. 2018-03-09. en.
2. Web site: In Memoriam: Cathy Callaghan. 2020-07-15. linguistics.osu.edu. en.
3. Web site: A grammar of the Lake Miwok language Linguistics. lx.berkeley.edu. en. 2018-03-09.
4. Web site: All Miwok Language Symposium. News from Native California. 21 December 2015 . en-US. 2018-03-09.
5. Web site: History of the OSU Linguistics Department. 2018-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20180310074354/https://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/deptwebsite/transitionsite-5-7-2014/transitionsite.asc.ohio-state.edu/history-linguistics-department.html. 2018-03-10. dead.
6. News: Catherine Callaghan. 2013-05-15. Department of Linguistics. 2018-03-09. en.
7. Web site: Historic Fellows. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2021-04-11.
8. News: Cathy Callaghan in Documentary. 2014-08-19. Department of Linguistics. 2018-03-09. en.
9. Web site: California Language Archive. cla.berkeley.edu. en. 2018-03-09.
10. Web site: Feminists for Life on Campus . Meehan . Mary . Summer 2008 . Human Life Review . The Human Life Foundation . Sep 11, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100919181715/http://feministsforlife.org/news/human-life-review.htm . 2010-09-19 .
11. Web site: We Remember FFL Co-founder Cathy Callaghan. Feminists for Life. 2019.
12. Web site: by. 2019-03-20. Catherine Callaghan October 30 1931 March 16 2019 (age 87), death notice, USA. 2020-07-15. United States Obituary Notices 2019 March. en-US.