Lucy Seki (27 March 193923 June 2017) was a Brazilian
linguist specializing in
indigenous languages of the Americas. She authored a grammar of the
Kamayurá language
The Kamayurá language (''Kamaiurá'' in Portuguese) belongs to the Tupi–Guarani family, and is spoken by the Kamayurá people of Brazil – who numbered about 600 individuals in 2014. There is speculation that as the indigenous peoples who s ...
.
Biography
Lucy Seki had a
Master's and
Ph.D. in linguistics from the
Patrice Lumumba University in
Moscow. She was also awarded a
Bachelor in history by the
Federal University of Minas Gerais
The Federal University of Minas Gerais ( pt, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG) is a federalIn the Brazilian Higher Education context, ''Federal'' does not mean ''collegiate'' (even though most Federal Universities in Brazil enjoy a sim ...
, and did post-doctorate studies at the
University of Texas at Austin. She was a full professor at the
State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. In 2010, she was elected an honorary member of the
Linguistic Society of America for her outstanding contribution to the field.
List of honorary members of the Linguistic Society of America
. Accessed on 2010-02-15.
Publications
Books
* '' Gramática do Kamaiurá, Língua Tupi-Guarani do Alto Xingu''. 482 pages + 17 color photo album Editora UNICAMP and São Paulo State Official Press (2000, in Portuguese). .
Papers
* ''Kamaiurá (Tupi-Guarani) as an active-stative language.'' In D. L. Payne (ed.), ''Amazonian linguistics: Studies in Lowland South American languages,'' University of Texas Press (1990).
References
External links
Coleção Lucy Seki
papers by Lucy Seki at the Curt Nimuendaju Digital Library
Lucy Seki's profile
at Etnolinguistica.Org's Directory of South Americanists
1939 births
2017 deaths
Linguists from Brazil
People from Belo Horizonte
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia alumni
State University of Campinas faculty
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