Edit Doron
Edit Doron | |
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עידית דורון | |
| Born | April 9, 1951 |
| Died | (aged 67) |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Texas at Austin(Ph.D., 1983) |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Known for | Israel Prize Award |
Edit Doron (Hebrew: עידית דורון; April 9, 1951 – March 27, 2019) was an Israeli academic specializing in linguistics.
Personal life and education
[edit]Doron was born in Jerusalem.[1] Her father emigrated to from Turkey to British Mandate Palestine in 1935, after his family was expelled from its home in Gallipoli. Her mother was born in British Mandate Palestine.[2]
She studied in the Hebrew University Secondary School,[3] and later completed BA and MA in math in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2] 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.[4]
Doron died of cancer on March 27, 2019, aged 67.
Career
[edit]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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7]
Israel Prize
[edit]Doron was awarded the Israel Prize in on May 11, 2016[8] for her work on general linguistics and Hebrew.[9] In particular she was recognized for comparative analysis between modern and biblical Hebrew that are considered groundbreaking.[10] 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
[edit]- ^ EDIT DORON, PROFESSOR OF LINGUISTICS Hebrew University, accessed May 13, 2016
- ^ a b "Idit Doron". Israel Prize (in Hebrew).
- ^ "הוקרה ופרסים". בית הספר התיכון ליד האוניברסיטה (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2025-05-31.
- ^ "LINGUIST List 30.2022: All: Obituary: Edit Doron (1951-2019)". The LINGUIST List. 2019-05-13. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^ HebrewU Linguist Professor Edit Doron Receives Israel Prize Archived 2016-07-31 at the Wayback Machine AFHU, February 3, 2016
- ^ "Edit Doron - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^ "Edit Doron's Memo". pluto.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^ Israel Will Be Ethical, Moral Model for World,’ Says Bennett at Israel Prize Ceremony Haaretz, May 12, 2016
- ^ Hebrew prof. to be awarded Israel Prize The Jerusalem Post, January 26, 2016
- ^ Israel Prize 2016: Meet this year’s winners Jerusalem Online, May 12, 2016
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- 2019 deaths
- Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Israel Prize in linguistics recipients
- Israel Prize women recipients
- Israeli women academics
- Educators from Jerusalem
- University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni
- Women linguists
- 1951 births
- Hebrew University Secondary School alumni
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
- Deaths from cancer in Israel
- Israeli people of Turkish-Jewish descent