Kristine Hildebrandt
{{short description|American linguist}}
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| nationality = American
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| education = University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D. in Linguistics)
| occupation = linguist
| employer = Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Professor of English Language and Literature
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| known_for = research into Tibeto-Burman languages and languages of the Himalayas.
| notable_works = Editor, Himalayan Linguistics;
President, Endangered Language Fund (ELF)
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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,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1149639|title=NSF Award Search: Award#1149639 - CAREER: Documenting the Languages of Manang, Nepal for Local and International Impact|website=www.nsf.gov|access-date=2020-03-06}}Everding, Gerry. Anthropologists, linguists uncover emotional toll of Nepal quake. The Source, Washington University in St. Louis.
May 2, 2016
https://source.wustl.edu/2016/05/anthropologists-linguists-uncover-emotional-toll-nepal-quake/ with expertise in phonetics.
Hildebrandt earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2003 from the University of California, Santa Barbara.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/people/kristine-hildebrandt|title=Kristine Hildebrandt {{!}} Department of Linguistics - UC Santa Barbara|website=www.linguistics.ucsb.edu|access-date=2020-03-06}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://iris.siue.edu/faculty/|title=People|date=2017-09-28|website=IRIS|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Hildebrandt was the editor of the open-access, peer-reviewed journal [https://escholarship.org/uc/himalayanlinguistics Himalayan Linguistics],{{Cite journal |title=Editorial Board |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/himalayanlinguistics/editorialboard |journal=Himalayan Linguistics |language=en}} between 2024 and 2022. She served as the President of the Endangered Language Fund (ELF) until December 2024.{{Cite web|url=http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/people.html|title=People|website=The Endangered Language Fund|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}
Awards and distinctions
- Former editor of the open-access, peer-reviewed journal [https://escholarship.org/uc/himalayanlinguistics Himalayan Linguistics]
- Former president of the [http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/ Endangered Language Fund] (ELF)
- 2014 Chair of the Linguistics Society of America The Committee on Endangered Languages and Their Preservation{{Cite web|url=https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/lsa-member-spotlight-october-2019-kristine-hildebrandt|title=October 2019 Member Spotlight: Kristine Hildebrandt {{!}} Linguistic Society of America|website=www.linguisticsociety.org|access-date=2020-03-06}}
Publications
- 2022. Hildebrandt, K.A., O. Bond, & D.N. Dhakal. A micro-typology of contact effects in four Tibeto-Burman languages. Journal of Language Contact, 15(2), 302-340.
- 2021. Childs, Geoff, Craig, S., Juenger, C., & Hildebrandt, K.A.. This is the end: Earthquake narratives and Buddhist prophesies of decline. Himalaya, 40(2), 32-49.
- 2020. Genetti, C., Hildebrandt, K.A., Sims, N., & Fawcett, A. Direction and associated motion in Tibeto-Burman. Linguistic Typology, 25(2), 345-388.
- 2020. Gawne, L. & Hildebrandt, K.A. Reported speech in earthquake narratives from six Tibeto-Burman languages. Studies in Language, 44(2), 461-499.
- 2019. Hildebrandt, K.A., Burge-Beckley, T. & Sebok, J. Language documentation in the aftermath of the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes: A guide to two archives and a web exhibit. Language Documentation & Conservation, 13, 618-651.
- 2018. Hildebrandt, K.A. Teaching about endangered languages in the undergraduate curriculum. Language & Linguistics Compass, 12.7.
- 2018. Childs, G., Craig, S., Donohue, M., Dhakal, D.N., Gautam, B.R., & Hildebrandt, K.A. Narrating disaster through participatory research after the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal. Collaborative Anthropologies, 10(1-2), 207-236.
- 2018. Hildebrandt, K.A., Bond, O., & Dhakal, D.N. Kinship in three Tamangic varieties. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 41, 1-21.
- 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.
References
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External links
- [http://www.siue.edu/~khildeb/ Kristine Hildebrandt website]
- [https://iris.siue.edu/about/ Interdisciplinary Research and Informatics Scholarship Center]
- [https://escholarship.org/uc/himalayanlinguistics Himalayan Linguistics]
- [https://www.edglentoday.com/articles/details/siues-hildebrandt-expands-international-impact-as-president-of-endangered-language-fund-36617.cfm SIUE’s Hildebrandt Expands International Impact as President of Endangered Language Fund]
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Category:American women linguists
Category:American phoneticians
Category:University of California, Santa Barbara alumni