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(1929-2021) Professor, author. Lila Gleitman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Full Name

Lila Gleitman

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Kings

Author's Timeline

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OTHER

Ms. Gleitman attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York.

1929

BIRTH

Lila Gleitman was born Lila ruth Lichtenberg in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on December 10, 1929.

1971

LITWORK

Phrase and Paraphrase: Some Innovative Uses of Language
Norton
0393043339 / 978-0393043334
Nonfiction, written with Henry Gleitman.

1974

LITWORK

Syllabary: An Introductory Reading Curriculum
Washington, DC: Curriculum Development Associates

Nonfiction written with P. Rozin.

1985

LITWORK

Language and Experience: Evidence from the Blind Child
Cambridge: Harvard University Press
0674510259 / 978-0674510258
Nonfiction written with Barbara Landau.

2020

LITWORK

Sentence First, Arguments Afterward: Essays in Language and Learning
Oxford University Press
0199828091 / 978-0199828098
Nonfiction.

2021

DEATH

Lila Gleitman died at a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 8, 2021.

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