Nancy Dorian

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Nancy Dorian

Communications

#393

World Rank

#681

Historical Rank

#223

USA Rank

Linguistics

#155

World Rank

#213

Historical Rank

#78

USA Rank

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Nancy Dorian's Degrees

• PhD Linguistics University of California, Berkeley
• Masters Linguistics University of California, Berkeley
• Bachelors Linguistics University of California, Berkeley

Why Is Nancy Dorian Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Nancy Currier Dorian is an American linguist who has carried out research into the decline of the East Sutherland dialect of Scottish Gaelic for over 40 years, particularly in the villages of Brora, Golspie and Embo. Due to their isolation from other Gaelic-speaking communities, these East Sutherland villages presented a good opportunity to study language death. Dorian's study is possibly the longest such study in the field. She is considered "a prime authority" on language death. Language Death: The Life Cycle of a Scottish Gaelic Dialect, her study into the decline of Gaelic in East Sutherland, is considered "the first major monograph" on language death. According to linguist Joan Argenter, Dorian's name "is well known to scholars working in" several areas of linguistics.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Nancy Dorian?

Nancy Dorian is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Texas at Austin
• Bryn Mawr College
• University of Michigan
• Connecticut College