Lyle Campbell
| Lyle Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 22, 1942 |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Historical linguistics, Native American languages |
| Alma mater |
Brigham Young University (B.A.) University of Washington (M.A.) UCLA (Ph.D.) |
Lyle Richard Campbell (born October 22, 1942) is an American scholar and linguist known for his studies of indigenous American languages, especially those of Mesoamerica, and on historical linguistics in general. Campbell is currently professor of linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Lyle Campbell was born on October 22, 1942, and was raised in rural Oregon. He received a B.A. in archaeology and anthropology from Brigham Young University in 1966, followed by an M.A. in linguistics from the University of Washington in 1967. He then did doctoral studies at UCLA, earning a Ph.D. in 1971 with a dissertation entitled "Historical Linguistics and Quichean Linguistic Prehistory".
Campbell has held appointments at the University of Missouri (1971–1974), the State University of New York at Albany (1974–1989), Louisiana State University (1989–1994), the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand (1994–2004), the University of Utah (2004–2010), and currently the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He has been a visiting professor at Australian National University, Colegio de México, Memorial University, Ohio State University, University of Hamburg, University of Helsinki, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Universidad del País Vasco, University of Turku, and at three universities in Brazil. He has held joint appointments in Linguistics, Anthropology, Behavioral Research, Latin American Studies, and Spanish.
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