Wick R. Miller

Wick R. Miller
Miller, c. 1993
Born	Wickliffe Raper Miller (1932-01-06)January 6, 1932 San Ysidro, New Mexico, U.S.
Died	May 9, 1994(1994-05-09) (aged 62) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Joanne Miller
Children	2
Academic background
Education	University of New Mexico (B.A.) University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.)
Thesis	The Acoma Language (1962)
Doctoral advisor	Mary Haas
Academic work
Discipline	Linguist
Institutions	University of Utah
Main interests	Keresan languages Uto-Aztecan languages

Wickliffe Raper Miller (January 6, 1932 – May 9, 1994)^[1][2] was an American linguist most well known for his work on Keresan languages and Uto-Aztecan, especially Shoshoni and Guarijio. He worked both on synchronic description and historical linguistics.

His extensive unpublished field notes on Shoshoni are now being used for a language revitalization program.

Publications[]

• Miller, Wick R. (1965). Acoma Grammar and Texts. Berkeley: University of California Press.
• Miller, Wick R. (1967). Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets. Berkeley: University of California Press.
• Miller, Wick R. (1984). "The Classification of the Uto-Aztecan Languages Based on Lexical Evidence". International Journal of American Linguistics. 50 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1086/465813. JSTOR 1265195. S2CID 144398421.

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