| Edit Doron | |
| Birth Date: | 9 April 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Jerusalem |
| Death Place: | Jerusalem |
| Occupation: | Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Alma Mater: | University of Texas at Austin(Ph.D., 1983) |
| Known For: | Israel Prize Award |
Edit Doron (April 9, 1951 – March 27, 2019) was an Israeli academic specializing in linguistics.
Doron was born in Jerusalem.[1] She earned a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983. From 1984 to 1985 she held a post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University.[2]
Doron died on March 27, 2019, aged 67.[3]
Doron was a professor in the Department of Linguistics and Language, Logic and Cognition Center in the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[4] Doron's research in general linguistics focuses in particular on Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, English and French. She published many articles on the interface of semantics, morphology and syntax.[5]
Doron was President of the Israel Association for Theoretical Linguistics from 2008 to 2010. She served as co-director of the joint Hebrew University and Tel-Aviv University structured Linguistics PhD program.[6]
Doron was awarded the Israel Prize in on May 11, 2016[7] for her work on general linguistics and Hebrew.[8] In particular she was recognized for comparative analysis between modern and biblical Hebrew that are considered groundbreaking.[9] The Israel Prize (Hebrew: פרס ישראל) is an award handed out by the State of Israel and is generally regarded as the state's highest honor. It is presented annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state ceremony in Jerusalem, in the presence of the President, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Knesset (Israel's legislature), and the Supreme Court President.