About Thomas Smith-Stark
Lived 1948 – 2009 (aged 60–61). Thomas Smith-Stark was an American linguist and university teacher.
Thomas Cedric Smith-Stark, also known as Thomas Smith-Stark or Thomas C. Smith-Stark (January 1, 1948 - May 17, 2009) was an American linguist known for his researches on Mesoamerican languages. Most of his academic career was developed in Mexico, where he lived for 28 years and he collaborated on 96 papers. Along with Terrence Kaufman and Lyle Campbell, he helped to define Mesoamerica as a linguistic area.
Smith-Stark was also part of the advisory board for the National Institute of Indigenous Languages and he took part in the discussions for drafting a Mexican policy on indigenous languages.
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American linguist (b. 1948, d. 2009)
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Thomas Smith-Stark was born on 1 January 1948.
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