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Colette Grinevald (born 1947) is a French linguist. She is professor emeritus at the University of Lyon.[1]
Colette Grinevald | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947 (age 76–77) |
| Other names | Colette Grinevald Craig |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Thesis | Jacaltec Syntax: A Study of Complex Sentences (1975) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguist |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | |
| Website | www |
Grinevald earned her PhD from Harvard University in 1975 and joined the newly created Linguistics department at the University of Oregon in 1977.[2] Grinevald has written grammars of Jakaltek Popti' and Rama and advocates for endangered languages.[3] She contributed to UNESCO's language vitality criteria developed in 2003.[4] Grinevald serves on Sorosoro's scientific board.[5]
Grinevald grew up in Algiers, in what was then French Algeria. She had recurrent tuberculosis as a young child. She married William Craig, then a medical student, while studying in Boston. The couple later divorced. Grinevald's children Matthias Craig and Guillaume Craig started a non-profit organization, Blue Energy.[2][6]
- Jacaltec : The Structure of Jacaltec by Colette Grinevald Craig 1977, Austin : University of Texas Press
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