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Catherine Callaghan

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Catherine Callaghan
Born(1931-10-31)October 31, 1931
DiedMarch 16, 2019(2019-03-16) (aged 87)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationLinguist
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (1963)
Doctoral advisorMary Haas
Academic work
Main interestsPenutian languages, Utian languages

Catherine "Cathy" Callaghan (October 31, 1931 – March 16, 2019) was Professor Emerita in the Department of Linguistics at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.[1][2]

She received a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963. Her doctoral dissertation was a grammar of Lake Miwok,[3] written under the supervision of Mary Haas. She then started work on the Lake Miwok Dictionary, which was published in 1965.[4] She was appointed Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the Ohio State University in 1965 and remained there until her retirement.[5][6] She was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1969.[7]

Throughout her career Callaghan's research focused on the Penutian languages of California, especially connections between Yokuts and Miwok. She appeared briefly in the documentary, How Dead do I Look?,[8] which was filmed in 2014. Her papers on Miwok Languages are collected at the California Language Archive.[9]

In 1973, Callaghan co-founded Feminists for Life, an anti-abortion feminist non-profit.[10]

Callaghan died on March 16, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio.[11][12]

Key publications

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  • Callaghan, Catherine A. 1965. Lake Miwok Dictionary. University of California Press.
  • Callaghan, Catherine A. 1970. Bodega Miwok Dictionary. Publications in Linguistics 60. University of California Press.
  • Callaghan, Catherine A. 1984. Plains Miwok Dictionary. Publications in Linguistics 105. University of California Press.
  • Callaghan, Catherine A. 1987. Northern Sierra Miwok Dictionary. Publications in Linguistics 110. University of California Press.
  • Callaghan, Catherine A. 2012. Proto-Utian Grammar and Dictionary with notes on Yokuts. Trends in Linguistics Documentation 31. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.

References

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  1. ^ "Catherine Callaghan". Department of Linguistics. 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  2. ^ "In Memoriam: Cathy Callaghan". linguistics.osu.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  3. ^ "A grammar of the Lake Miwok language | Linguistics". lx.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  4. ^ "All Miwok Language Symposium". News from Native California. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  5. ^ "History of the OSU Linguistics Department". Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  6. ^ "Catherine Callaghan". Department of Linguistics. 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  7. ^ "Historic Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  8. ^ "Cathy Callaghan in Documentary". Department of Linguistics. 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  9. ^ "California Language Archive". cla.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  10. ^ Meehan, Mary (Summer 2008). "Feminists for Life on Campus". Human Life Review. The Human Life Foundation. Archived from the original on 2010-09-19. Retrieved Sep 11, 2010.
  11. ^ "We Remember FFL Co-founder Cathy Callaghan". Feminists for Life. 2019.
  12. ^ by (2019-03-20). "Catherine Callaghan October 30 1931 March 16 2019 (age 87), death notice, USA". United States Obituary Notices | 2019 March. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
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