Kristine Hildebrandt Explained

Kristine Hildebrandt
Nationality:	American
Education:	University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D. in Linguistics)
Occupation:	linguist
Employer:	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Professor of English Language and Literature
Known For:	research into Tibeto-Burman languages and languages of the Himalayas.
Notable Works:	Editor, Himalayan Linguistics; President, Endangered Language Fund (ELF)

Kristine Hildebrandt is an American linguist who is known for her research into Tibeto-Burman languages and languages of the Himalayas. Her work focuses on the Nar-Phu and Gurung languages and other languages of the Manang District of Nepal,^{[1] [2]} with an expertise in phonetics.

Hildebrandt earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2003 from the University of California, Santa Barbara.^[3] She is a Professor of English Language and Literature, and the Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Research and Informatics Scholarship Center at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.^[4] Hildebrandt is the editor of the open-access, peer-reviewed journal Himalayan Linguistics,^[5] and the President of the Endangered Language Fund (ELF).^[6]

Awards and distinctions

• Editor of the open-access, peer-reviewed journal Himalayan Linguistics
• President of the Endangered Language Fund (ELF)
• 2014 Chair of the Linguistics Society of America The Committee on Endangered Languages and Their Preservation^[7]

Publications

• 2010. Schiering, R., Bickel, B., & Hildebrandt, K. A. The prosodic word is not universal, but emergent. Journal of Linguistics, 46(3), 657–709.
• 2004. Hildebrandt, K.A. A grammar and glossary of the Manange language. Tibeto-Burman Languages of Nepal: Manange and Sherpa, 241.
• 2004. Hildebrandt, K.A. Manange tone: Scenarios of retention and loss in two communities (Nepal). PhD Dissertation. University of California, Santa Barbara.
• 2004. Genetti, C., & Hildebrandt, K. The two adjective classes in Manange. Adjective Classes: A cross-linguistic typology, 1, 74.

External links

• Kristine Hildebrandt website
• Interdisciplinary Research and Informatics Scholarship Center
• Himalayan Linguistics
• SIUE’s Hildebrandt Expands International Impact as President of Endangered Language Fund

Notes and References

1. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award#1149639 - CAREER: Documenting the Languages of Manang, Nepal for Local and International Impact. www.nsf.gov. 2020-03-06.
2. Everding, Gerry. Anthropologists, linguists uncover emotional toll of Nepal quake. The Source, Washington University in St. Louis.May 2, 2016https://source.wustl.edu/2016/05/anthropologists-linguists-uncover-emotional-toll-nepal-quake/
3. Web site: Kristine Hildebrandt Department of Linguistics - UC Santa Barbara. www.linguistics.ucsb.edu. 2020-03-06.
4. Web site: People. 2017-09-28. IRIS. en. 2020-03-06.
5. Editorial Board. en.
6. Web site: People. The Endangered Language Fund. en. 2020-03-06.
7. Web site: October 2019 Member Spotlight: Kristine Hildebrandt Linguistic Society of America. www.linguisticsociety.org. 2020-03-06.