Lyle Campbell

Lyle Richard Campbell (born 1942) is a linguist and leading expert on American Indian languages—especially those of Mesoamerica—and on historical linguistics in general. He also has expertise in Uralic (Finno-Ugric) languages. He is presently Presidential Professor of Linguistics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, and director of the University's Center for American Indian Languages (CAIL). Campbell grew up in rural Oregon. He received ... more

Lyle Richard Campbell (born 1942) is a linguist and leading expert on American Indian languages—especially those of Mesoamerica—and on historical linguistics in general. He also has expertise in Uralic (Finno-Ugric) languages. He is presently Presidential Professor of Linguistics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, and director of the University's Center for American Indian Languages (CAIL). Campbell grew up in rural Oregon. He received a B.A. in Archaeology and Anthropology in 1966, M.A. in Linguistics (University of Washington) in 1967, and Ph.D. in Linguistics (UCLA) in 1971. Campbell held appointments at the University of Missouri (1971-1974), the State University of New York at Albany (1974-1989), Louisiana State University (1989-1994), the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand (1994-2004), and currently at the University of Utah (2004-present). He has been visiting professor at Australian National U, Colegio de México, Memorial U (Canada), Ohio State U,... less