Lingüística: Criollística limonense

Anita Herzfeld 1 Highlights First female Director of KU’s Office of Study Abroad First Linguistics teacher at the University of Costa Rica Published first book on Limonese Creole, an African-Costa Rican dialect Won Michael J. Young Undergraduate Advisor’s Award twice 2002: National Faculty Award for Outstanding Contributions to International Education Biography Anita Herzfeld, University of Kansas Professor of Latin American Studies and of Linguistics, is an impressive scholar, professor, advisor, and administrator. Her expertise allowed her to publish the first book on Limonese Creole, the dialect of Creole spoken by an African-Costa Rican minority. Named KU’s Outstanding International Woman in 1975, she has certainly proved that title to be true. Dr. Herzfeld received her Bachelor of Arts in 1965 from the Instituto Superior del Profesorado in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and followed with a MA from the University of Kansas. She received her PhD, also from KU, in 1978. In addition to her ...