Maria das Dores de Oliveira (Maria Pankararu) | |
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Born | 1964 |
Nationality | Pankararú (Brazilian) |
Occupation | linguist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Universidade Federal de Alagoas |
Thesis | Ofayé, a língua do Povo do Mel. Fonologia e Gramática (2006) |
Doctoral advisor | Januacele Francisca da Costa, Adair Pimentel Palácio |
Academic work | |
Institutions | FUNAI, Ilhéus |
Main interests | Ofayé language |
Maria das Dores de Oliveira (Maria Pankararu) is a Pankararú linguist. She is best known as the first indigenous scholar to have obtained a doctoral degree in Brazil. [1] [2] [3] Her research has focused on the description of the moribund Ofayé language of the Macro-Jê language family, spoken in Brazlândia, Mato Grosso do Sul.
Born in Tacaratu ( Pernambuco), Oliveira accompanied her family to São Paulo in 1970, [2] where she studied until the seventh grade before returning to Tacaratu. [1] She obtained a BA in History at Autarquia de Ensino Superior de Arco Verde in Arcoverde (1990), as well as a second BA in Pedagogy (1997), an MA and a PhD in Linguistics at Universidade Federal de Alagoas in Maceió. [4]
Maria das Dores de Oliveira (Maria Pankararu) | |
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Born | 1964 |
Nationality | Pankararú (Brazilian) |
Occupation | linguist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Universidade Federal de Alagoas |
Thesis | Ofayé, a língua do Povo do Mel. Fonologia e Gramática (2006) |
Doctoral advisor | Januacele Francisca da Costa, Adair Pimentel Palácio |
Academic work | |
Institutions | FUNAI, Ilhéus |
Main interests | Ofayé language |
Maria das Dores de Oliveira (Maria Pankararu) is a Pankararú linguist. She is best known as the first indigenous scholar to have obtained a doctoral degree in Brazil. [1] [2] [3] Her research has focused on the description of the moribund Ofayé language of the Macro-Jê language family, spoken in Brazlândia, Mato Grosso do Sul.
Born in Tacaratu ( Pernambuco), Oliveira accompanied her family to São Paulo in 1970, [2] where she studied until the seventh grade before returning to Tacaratu. [1] She obtained a BA in History at Autarquia de Ensino Superior de Arco Verde in Arcoverde (1990), as well as a second BA in Pedagogy (1997), an MA and a PhD in Linguistics at Universidade Federal de Alagoas in Maceió. [4]