Edit Doron

Edit Doron (April 9, 1951 – March 27, 2019) was an Israeli academic specializing in linguistics. In 2016 she was awarded the Israel Prize.[1] Doron was a professor in the Department of Linguistics and at the Language, Logic and Cognition Center in the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2]

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

Personal life

Doron was born in Jerusalem.[3] 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 on March 27, 2019, aged 67.[5]

Career

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

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
  1. Prof. Edit Doron wins Israel Prize for Hebrew, general linguistics research Arutz Sheva: Israel News, January 25, 2016
  2. HebrewU Linguist Professor Edit Doron Receives Israel Prize Archived 2016-07-31 at the Wayback Machine AFHU, February 3, 2016
  3. EDIT DORON, PROFESSOR OF LINGUISTICS Hebrew University, accessed May 13, 2016
  4. "LINGUIST List 30.2022: All: Obituary: Edit Doron (1951-2019)". The LINGUIST List. 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  5. "החוג לבלשנות". ling.huji.ac.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  6. "Edit Doron - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  7. "Edit Doron's Memo". pluto.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  8. Israel Will Be Ethical, Moral Model for World,’ Says Bennett at Israel Prize Ceremony Haaretz, May 12, 2016
  9. Hebrew prof. to be awarded Israel Prize The Jerusalem Post, January 26, 2016
  10. Israel Prize 2016: Meet this year’s winners Jerusalem Online, May 12, 2016
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