she was first author on our intro to lx textbook
Reposted from Dahlem Center for Linguistics
#OTD 102 years ago, Victoria Fromkin (1923-2000) was born 🎉 She was a pioneering scholar in the study of speech errors and also specialised in the speech of feral children. An award of the Linguistic Society of America has been named in her honour.

#LinguisticBirthdays #WomenInLinguistics #Histlx

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