Lyle Richard Campbell (born October 22, 1942) is an American scholar and

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

known for his studies of indigenous American languages, especially those of

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, and on

historical linguistics Historical linguistics, also known as diachronic linguistics, is the scientific study of how languages change over time. It seeks to understand the nature and causes of linguistic change and to trace the evolution of languages. Historical li ...

in general. Campbell is professor emeritus of linguistics at the

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi system and houses the main offic ...

Life and career

Campbell was born on October 22, 1942, and grew up in rural

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. He received a

B.A. A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree ...

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

and

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behav ...

from

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU) is a Private education, private research university in Provo, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is the flagship university of the Church Educational System sponsore ...

in 1966, then an

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linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

from the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

in 1967, followed by doctoral studies at

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

, earning a Ph.D. in 1971. Campbell has held appointments at the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...

(1971–1974), the

State University of New York at Albany The State University of New York at Albany (University at Albany, UAlbany, or SUNY Albany) is a public research university in Albany, New York, United States. Founded in 1844, it is one of four "university centers" of the State University of N ...

(1974–1989),

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as Louisiana State University (LSU), is an American Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louis ...

(1989–1994), the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury (UC; ; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbur ...

, in

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(1994–2004), the

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(2004–2010), and finally the University of Hawai'i at Manoa (2010–). He has been a visiting professor at

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

, Colegio de México,

Memorial University Memorial University of Newfoundland, or MUN (), is a Public university, public research university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook ...

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (, also referred to as UHH) is a public university, public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('':de:Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen, ...

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki (, ; UH) is a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved to Helsinki in 1828 under the sponsorship of Alexander ...

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

Universidad del País Vasco The University of the Basque Country (, ''EHU''; , ''UPV''; officially EHU) is a Spanish public university of the Basque Autonomous Community. Heir of the University of Bilbao, initially it was made up of the Faculty of Economic and Business Sc ...

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, and at three universities in

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. He has held joint appointments in Linguistics, Anthropology, Behavioral Research, Latin American Studies, and

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. Campbell's research and teaching specializations include: historical linguistics, American Indian languages, documentation and revitalization of endangered languages, typology, sociolinguistics,

linguistic anthropology Linguistic anthropology is the interdisciplinary study of how language influences social life. It is a branch of anthropology that originated from the endeavor to document endangered languages and has grown over the past century to encompass mo ...

, and Uralic languages. Campbell is the author of 25 books and 200+ articles; two of his books (''American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America'' and ''Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspectives'', co-written with Alice C. Harris) were awarded the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award by the

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for the best book in linguistics published two years prior. He is also co-founder of the Catalogue of Endangered Languages, and member of the Governance Council for the

Endangered Languages Project The Endangered Languages Project (ELP) is a worldwide collaboration between indigenous Language planning, language organizations, linguists, institutions of higher education, and key industry partners to strengthen endangered languages. The foun ...

Published books

*Campbell, Lyle & Blair, Robert et al. (1971). ''Cakchiquel Basic Course''. Provo: Peace Corps. *Campbell, Lyle (1977). ''Quichean Linguistic Prehistory'' (University of California Publications in Linguistics, 81). Berkeley: University of California Press. *Campbell, Lyle et al. (1978). ''Bibliography of Mayan Languages and Linguistics''. Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, Publication 3. SUNY Albany. *Campbell, Lyle & Mithun, Marianne (Eds.) (1979). ''The Languages of Native America: An Historical and Comparative Assessment''. Austin: University of Texas Press. *Campbell, Lyle (1980). ''El Idioma Cacaopera''. (Colección Antropología e Historia, 16.) Administración del patrimonio cultural. San Salvador, El Salvador: Ministerio de Educación, Dirección de publicaciones. *Campbell, Lyle & Justeson, John (Eds.) (1984). ''Phoneticism in Mayan Hieroglyphic Writing''. (Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, Pub. 9.) SUNY Albany/University of Texas Press. *Justeson, John, William Norman, Lyle Campbell & Terrence Kaufman) (1985). ''The Foreign Impact of Lowland Mayan Languages and Script''. (Middle American Research Institute, publication 53.) New Orleans: Tulane University. *Campbell, Lyle (1985)
''The Pipil Language of El Salvador''
Berlin: Mouton Publishers. *Campbell, Lyle (1988). ''The Linguistics of Southeast Chiapas''. (Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation, 51.) Provo, Utah. *Migliazza, Ermnesto & Lyle Campbell (1988). ''Panorama General de las Lenguas Indígenas en las Amerícas''. Historia General de América, tomo 10. Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia. Caracas, Venezuela. *Harris, Alice C. & Lyle Campbell (1995). ''Historical syntax in cross-linguistic perspective''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. inner of the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award, 1998.*Hill, Jane, P. J. Mistry, & Lyle Campbell (Eds.) (1997). ''The Life of Language: Papers in Linguistics in Honor of William Bright''. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. *Campbell, Lyle (1997). ''American Indian languages: the historical linguistics of Native America''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . inner of the Linguistic Society of America's "Leonard Bloomfield Book Award," 2000, for the best book in linguistics for the previous two years. Named 1998 Outstanding Academic Book by Choice.*Campbell, Lyle (Eds.) (2003). ''Grammaticalization: a critical assessment''. (Special issue of Language Sciences, vol. 23, numbers 2–3.) *Campbell, Lyle et al. (2004). ''New Zealand English: its Origins and Evolution''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. *Campbell, Lyle (2004). ''Historical Linguistics: an Introduction'' (2nd edition). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, and Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. *Campbell, Lyle and William J. Poser (2008). ''Language Classification: History and Method''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. . *Campbell, Lyle and Verónica Grondona (Eds.) (2012)
''"The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide."''
Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. *Campbell, Lyle (ed.) (2017). ''Language Isolates''. London: Routledge. . *Campbell, Lyle and Anna Belew (eds.) (2018). ''Cataloguing the World's Endangered Languages''. London: Routledge. . *Rehg, Kenneth and Lyle Campbell (eds.) (2018) ''The Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . *Campbell, Lyle (2020). ''Historical Linguistics: an Introduction''. Edinburgh:

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. (4th edition.) st edition 1998–1999, 2nd edition 2004, 3rd edition 2013, 4th edition 2020 *Campbell, Lyle, Luis Díaz & Fernando Ángel (2020). ''Nivaclé Grammar''. Utah: Utah Press. *Campbell, Lyle (2024). ''The Indigenous Languages of the Americas''. New York: Oxford University Press. .

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University of Hawaii Faculty page for Lyle Campbell
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Life and career

Published books

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