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Yolanda Lastra

ヨランダ・ラストラ

Yoranda Rasutora

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
:1932
Died
:null
Nationality
Mexico
Languages
Spanish, Nahuatl, Otomí, Quechua
Residence History
Mexico City

Career

Occupations
Linguist
Active Years
1963-
Affiliations
Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua
Memberships
Academia Mexicana de la Lengua
Influenced By
Charles F. Hockett

Education

Cornell University
Linguistics
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 1963
Country: United States
PhD dissertation on the syntax of Cochabamba Quechua in Bolivia under Charles F. Hockett

Awards

Science and Art National Prize
2015
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Las áreas dialectales del náhuatl moderno

1986 Linguistics

The single most comprehensive work on the dialectology of modern Nahuatl.

Nahuatl dialectology

Bibliography

  • Las áreas dialectales del náhuatl moderno (1986)
  • El Otomí de Toluca (1992)
  • Otomi de San Andrés Cuexcontitlan, Estado de México (1989)
  • Los Otomies - Su lengua y su historia (2006)
  • Ixtenco Otomí (1998)
  • Unidad y diversidad de la lengua. Relatos otomíes (2001)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Descriptive linguistics
Recurring Motifs
Documentation of indigenous languages

Legacy

Recognized as a leading authority in the studies of Oto-Pamean languages, Nahuatl, and Otomi.

Trivia

  • Received a Science and Art National Prize in 2015.
  • Married to Argentinian linguist Jorge A. Suárez.