Education
In linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962, and a Doctor of Philosophy in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967.
In linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962, and a Doctor of Philosophy in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967.
She is an internationally-renowned expert on language acquisition and developmental psycholinguistics, focusing on children"s learning of their first language. Gleitman received a Bachelor of Arts in literature from Antioch College in 1952, an Master of Arts She was employed as an assistant professor at Swarthmore College before accepting a position as the William T. Carter Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania from 1972-1973, and then subsequently serving as a professor of linguistics and as the Steven and Marcia Roth Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1973 until her retirement. Gleitman"s interests include, Language acquisition, morphology and syntactic structure, Psycholinguistics, syntax, construction of the lexicon.
National Academy of Sciences. American Academy of Arts and Sciences.