Robin Lakoff
Robin Lakoff | |
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| Born | Robin Beth Tolmach November 27, 1942 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | August 5, 2025 (aged 82) Walnut Creek, California, U.S. |
| Known for | Language and gender |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Studies in the transformational grammar of Latin: The complement system (1967) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguistics, Sociolinguistics |
| Sub-discipline | Interactional sociolinguistics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan |
| Doctoral students | Deborah Tannen, Mary Bucholtz |
Robin Beth Tolmach Lakoff (/ˈleɪkɒf/; November 27, 1942 – August 5, 2025) was an American linguist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Her 1975 book Language and Woman's Place is often credited with making language and gender a major subfield focus in linguistics and other disciplines.