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Doris Lander Payne (b. 1952) is an American linguist and Professor emerita of Linguistics at the University of Oregon.[1] Her research specializes in the morphosyntax of understudied languages, including Austronesian languages, indigenous languages of the Americas and Maasai.[2]
Education and research
Payne received her PhD in linguistics from UCLA in 1985, with a dissertation entitled Participant coding in Yagua discourse.[3] After completing her dissertation, she took up an academic position at the University of Oregon, becoming a Full Professor there in 2002. She is also a language consultant for SIL International.[4]
She is known for her widely cited research on topics such as external possession (Barshi & Payne 1999), information structuring in Papago (Payne 1987), the pragmatics of word order (Payne 1992), and noun classification systems (Derbyshire & Payne 1990, Seifart & Payne 2007).[2]
From 1998-2003, Payne led an NSF-funded research project on the Maasai language.[5][6] A dictionary and other language documentation resources resulted from the project.[7][8] From 2013-2019, she led an NSF-funded research project aimed at documenting the Nivacle and Pilaga languages of northern Argentina.[9]
Honors
Payne is an editor of the International Journal of American Linguistics.[10]
Selected publications
Barshi, Immanuel & Doris L. Payne (eds). 1999. External Possession. John Benjamins. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.39
Derbyshire, Desmond C. & Doris L. Payne. 1990. Noun Classification Systems of Amazonian Languages. In Payne, Doris L. (ed.), Amazonian Linguistics, Studies in Lowland South American Languages, 243-271. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Payne, Doris L. 1987. Information structuring in Papago narrative discourse. Language 63, 783-804.
Payne, Doris L. 1992. Pragmatics of Word Order Flexibility. John Benjamins. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.22
Seifart, Frank & Doris L. Payne. 2007. Nominal Classification in the North West Amazon: Issues in Areal Diffusion and Typological Characterization. International Journal of American Linguistics 73, 381–87. https://doi.org/10.1086/523770.
References
- ^ "Doris L. Payne's Home Page". pages.uoregon.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ a b "Doris L. Payne". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "Ph.D. Recipients". Department of Linguistics - UCLA. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "Doris Payne, Ph.D." SIL International. 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ Payne, Doris. "Maa (Maasai) Lexicography and Text Databases".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 9809387 - Maa (Maasai) Lexicography and Text Databases". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "Maa Maasai Language Project". pages.uoregon.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "Maa Dictionary: Maasai (IlKeekonyokie, IlPurko, IlWuasinkishu) and Samburu". dokumen.pub. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1263817 - Documentation and Comparative Lexicon and Morphosyntax of Nivacle and Pilaga, of northern Argentina". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "International Journal of American Linguistics, April 2023".