Lucy Seki (27 March 193923 June 2017Lucy Seki (1939-2017) - Biblioteca Digital Curt Nimuendajú. Accessed on 2017-08-30.) was a Brazilian linguist specializing in indigenous languages of the Americas. She authored a grammar of the Kamayurá language.
Biography Lucy Seki had a Master's and Ph.D. in linguistics from the Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow. She was also awarded a Bachelor in history by the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and did post-doctorate studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She was a full professor at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. In 2010, she was elected an honorary member of the Linguistic Society of America for her outstanding contribution to the field.List of honorary members of the Linguistic Society of America . Accessed on 2010-02-15.
Publications
Books Gramática do Kamaiurá, Língua Tupi-Guarani do Alto Xingu. 482 pages + 17 color photo album Editora UNICAMP and São Paulo State Official Press (2000, in Portuguese). .
Papers Kamaiurá (Tupi-Guarani) as an active-stative language. In D. L. Payne (ed.), Amazonian linguistics: Studies in Lowland South American languages, University of Texas Press (1990).
References
External links Coleção Lucy Seki: papers by Lucy Seki at the Curt Nimuendaju Digital Library Lucy Seki's profile at Etnolinguistica.Org's Directory of South Americanists