Ann Chowning

Martha Ann Chowning (an haife ta  18 ga watan  Afrilu shekara ta  1929 - 25 ga Satumba 2016) ta kasance masanin ilimin ɗan adam na Amurka, Masanin ilimin lissafi, masanin binciken tarihi kuma masanin harshe da aka sani da aikinta a kan mutane, harsuna, al'adu da tarihin Oceania . 

 Tarihin rayuwa 
An haifi Chowning a ranar 18 ga Afrilu 1929, a Little Rock, Arkansas . An haife ta a Arkansas, Chowning ta yi karatun Mutanen Espanya a Kwalejin Bryn Mawr da ilimin ɗan adam a Kwaleji ta Barnard, Columbia, kafin ta fara PhD a fannin ilimin ɗan adam na Jami'ar Pennsylvania a 1952. A can ne Ward Goodenough ya koya mata, wanda ya sanya ta cikin wani aiki a kan mutanen Lakalai na Papua New Guinea. Bayan kammala karatunta na PhD a shekara ta 1957, Chowning daga baya ta sake komawa Lakalai sau da yawa tsakanin shekarun 1960 zuwa 1990, kuma ta gudanar da aikin gona na kwatankwacin Molima, Sengseng, da Kove.Pawley, Andrew (2016). "In Memoriam, Ann Chowning, 1929-2016". Oceanic Linguistics. 55 (2): 678–685. doi:10.1353/ol.2016.0030. JSTOR 26408433. S2CID 151312270. Retrieved 2021-01-03.

Chowning ya rike mataimakin farfesa a fannin ilimin ɗan adam a Kwalejin Barnard, Jami'ar Columbia, daga 1960 zuwa 1965, kuma ya kasance Babban Bincike a fannin ilmin ɗan adam a Jami'ar Kasa ta Australia daga 1965 zuwa 1970. A shekara ta 1970 an nada ta farfesa a fannin ilimin ɗan adam a Jami'ar Papua New Guinea, kafin ta koma Jami'ar Victoria ta Wellington don ɗaukar matsayi a matsayin Farfesa da Shugaban Sashen Anthropology a shekara ta 1977. Chowning ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1995.Pawley, Andrew (2016). "In Memoriam, Ann Chowning, 1929-2016". Oceanic Linguistics. 55 (2): 678–685. doi:10.1353/ol.2016.0030. JSTOR 26408433. S2CID 151312270. Retrieved 2021-01-03. Ta mutu a ranar 25 ga Satumba 2016 a Auckland, New Zealand .

 Bincike 
Ayyukan Chowning sun kasance masu haɗuwa, harshe mai haɗuwa, ethnography da tarihi. Ta ba da gudummawa sosai ga ilimin harsuna na Oceanic, kuma ƙamus dinta na Lakalai-Ingilishi shine watakila mafi girman ƙamus na kowane yaren Oceanic na Yamma.Pawley, Andrew (2016). "In Memoriam, Ann Chowning, 1929-2016". Oceanic Linguistics. 55 (2): 678–685. doi:10.1353/ol.2016.0030. JSTOR 26408433. S2CID 151312270. Retrieved 2021-01-03.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2016
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1929