Edit Doron
Born(1951-04-09)April 9, 1951
Jerusalem
Died (aged 67)
Jerusalem
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin(Ph.D., 1983)
Occupation(s)Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Known forIsrael Prize Award

Edit Doron (April 9, 1951 – March 27, 2019) was an Israeli academic specializing in linguistics.

Personal life and education

Doron was born in Jerusalem.[1] She earned a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983. From 1984 to 1985 she held a post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University.[2]

Doron died on March 27, 2019, aged 67.[3]

Career

Doron was a professor in the Department of Linguistics and Language, Logic and Cognition Center in the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[4] Doron's research in general linguistics focuses in particular on Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, English and French. She published many articles on the interface of semantics, morphology and syntax.[5]

Doron was President of the Israel Association for Theoretical Linguistics from 2008 to 2010. She served as co-director of the joint Hebrew University and Tel-Aviv University structured Linguistics PhD program.[6]

Israel Prize

Doron was awarded the Israel Prize in on May 11, 2016[7] for her work on general linguistics and Hebrew.[8] In particular she was recognized for comparative analysis between modern and biblical Hebrew that are considered groundbreaking.[9] The Israel Prize (Hebrew: פרס ישראל) is an award handed out by the State of Israel and is generally regarded as the state's highest honor. It is presented annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state ceremony in Jerusalem, in the presence of the President, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Knesset (Israel's legislature), and the Supreme Court President.

References

  1. ↑ EDIT DORON, PROFESSOR OF LINGUISTICS Hebrew University, accessed May 13, 2016
  2. ↑ "LINGUIST List 30.2022: All: Obituary: Edit Doron (1951-2019)". The LINGUIST List. 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  3. ↑ "החוג לבלשנות". ling.huji.ac.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  4. ↑ HebrewU Linguist Professor Edit Doron Receives Israel Prize Archived 2016-07-31 at the Wayback Machine AFHU, February 3, 2016
  5. ↑ "Edit Doron - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  6. ↑ "Edit Doron's Memo". pluto.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  7. ↑ Israel Will Be Ethical, Moral Model for World,’ Says Bennett at Israel Prize Ceremony Haaretz, May 12, 2016
  8. ↑ Hebrew prof. to be awarded Israel Prize The Jerusalem Post, January 26, 2016
  9. ↑ Israel Prize 2016: Meet this year’s winners Jerusalem Online, May 12, 2016
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