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Sarah Grey Thomason
Thomason in July 2012
Born1939 (age 84–85)
Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
ParentMarion Griswold Grey (mother)
AwardsWilbur Cross Medal
Academic background
Alma mater
  • Stanford University (BA)
  • Yale University (MA, PhD)
ThesisNoun suffixation in Serbo-Croatian dialects (1968)
Doctoral advisorAlexander Schenker
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Institutions
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Michigan
Websitewww-personal.umich.edu/~thomason/

Sarah Grey Thomason (known as "Sally") is an American scholar of linguistics, Bernard Bloch distinguished professor emerita at the University of Michigan.[1] She is best known for her work on language contact, historical linguistics, pidgins and creoles, Slavic Linguistics, Native American languages and typological universals. She also has an interest in debunking linguistic pseudoscience, and has collaborated with publications such as the Skeptical Inquirer, The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal and American Speech, in regard to claims of xenoglossy.[2]

  1. ^ "Sarah Thomason | U-M LSA Linguistics". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  2. ^ "Sarah Thomason's Brief CV" (PDF). Retrieved 3 October 2014.

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