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Brazilian linguist
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Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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76 years
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Federal University of Minas Gerais
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
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Lucy Seki (27 March 1939 - 23 June 2017) was a Brazilian linguist specializing in indigenous languages of the Americas.She authored a grammar of the Kamayurá language.
Biography
Lucy Seki had a Masters and Ph. D. in linguistics from the Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow.She was also awarded a Bachelor in history by the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and did post-Doctorate studies at the University of Texas at Austin.She was a full professor at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil.In 2010, she was elected an honorary member of the Linguistic Society of America for her outstanding contribution to the field.
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- Gramática do Kamaiurá, Língua Tupi-Guarani do Alto Xingu. 482 pages + 17 color photo album Editora UNICAMP and São Paulo State Official Press (2000, in Portuguese). ISBN 85-268-0498-7.
Papers
- Kamaiurá (Tupi-Guarani) as an active-stative language. In D. L. Payne (ed.), Amazonian linguistics: Studies in Lowland South American languages,University of Texas Press (1990).
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