Paul Platero
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Paul Platero is a Navajo
linguist. He was a student of the late MIT linguistics
professor Ken Hale
. Platero earned his Ph.D. in linguistics from MIT, with a dissertation on the relative clause
in Navajo
.
He has published articles about the syntax and grammar of Navajo, and co-edited an overview of the Athabaskan languages
.
Platero has taught the Navajo language
at institutions including Swarthmore College
and the Navajo Language Academy
, and has also participated in language revitalization efforts to promote the use of Navajo among Navajo
youth.
Navajo people
The Navajo of the Southwestern United States are the largest single federally recognized tribe of the United States of America. The Navajo Nation has 300,048 enrolled tribal members. The Navajo Nation constitutes an independent governmental body which manages the Navajo Indian reservation in the...
linguist. He was a student of the late MIT linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
professor Ken Hale
Kenneth L. Hale
Kenneth Locke Hale was a linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studied a huge variety of previously unstudied and often endangered languages—especially indigenous languages of North America, Central America and Australia...
. Platero earned his Ph.D. in linguistics from MIT, with a dissertation on the relative clause
Relative clause
A relative clause is a subordinate clause that modifies a noun phrase, most commonly a noun. For example, the phrase "the man who wasn't there" contains the noun man, which is modified by the relative clause who wasn't there...
in Navajo
Navajo language
Navajo or Navaho is an Athabaskan language spoken in the southwestern United States. It is geographically and linguistically one of the Southern Athabaskan languages .Navajo has more speakers than any other Native American language north of the...
.
He has published articles about the syntax and grammar of Navajo, and co-edited an overview of the Athabaskan languages
Athabaskan languages
Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family...
.
Platero has taught the Navajo language
Navajo language
Navajo or Navaho is an Athabaskan language spoken in the southwestern United States. It is geographically and linguistically one of the Southern Athabaskan languages .Navajo has more speakers than any other Native American language north of the...
at institutions including Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....
and the Navajo Language Academy
Navajo Language Academy
The Navajo Language Academy is a non-profit educational and advocacy organization which focuses on the Navajo language.-Overview:...
, and has also participated in language revitalization efforts to promote the use of Navajo among Navajo
Navajo people
The Navajo of the Southwestern United States are the largest single federally recognized tribe of the United States of America. The Navajo Nation has 300,048 enrolled tribal members. The Navajo Nation constitutes an independent governmental body which manages the Navajo Indian reservation in the...
youth.