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LINGUIST List 20.3903

Fri Nov 13 2009

All: Obituary: Helen Madrid

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Message 1: Obituary: Helen Madrid
Date: 13-Nov-2009
From: Brian Migliazza <brian_migliazzasil.org>
Subject: Obituary: Helen Madrid
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Angelina Helen Madrid - Philippine linguist (1943 - 2009) passed away on
November 8th, 2009 in Manila, after a long battle with cancer. She helped
develop a generation of field linguists in the Philippines.

She grew up in rural northern Philippines and went on to get a BS in
Mathematics from Adamson University (metro Manila) and by 1985she had
completed graduate work in linguistics at the University of Texas at
Arlington. She taught for many years in the linguistic training program at
Philippine Normal University and was instrumental in language development
work among the the Ifugao peoples.

Linguistic Field(s): Not Applicable

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