<P> Paul V. Kroskrity (/ ˈkrɑːskrɪti /; born February 10, 1949) is an American linguistic anthropologist known primarily for his contributions to establishing and developing language ideology as a field of research . He is professor of anthropology, applied linguistics, and American Indian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles . He is currently the President of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology and the Chair of the American Indian Studies program at the University of California, Los Angeles . </P> <P> Kroskrity's research focuses on language ideologies, language and identity, verbal art and performance, language contact, and language endangerment and revitalization . He specializes in the indigenous languages of the Kiowa - Tanoan and Uto - Aztecan language families, and has worked in the Western Pueblo region and Central California . </P> <P> Paul V. Kroskrity grew up in Brooklyn . He received his Bachelor's degree from Columbia College, Columbia University where he studied Oriental Studies, Comparative Literature, and Comparative Religion . For graduate school he moved to Indiana University and was the last student of linguist Carl Voegelin . He also worked with Allen D. Grimshaw, Charles S. Bird, and Raymond J. DeMallie . Voegelin inspired his interest in American Indian languages and suggested that he conduct research with the Arizona Tewa . </P> <P> Kroskrity earned his PhD from Indiana in anthropology in 1977 with a dissertation titled "Aspects of Arizona Tewa Language Structure and Language Use". In 1978 Kroskrity was hired as a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he has been teaching ever since . </P>

Arizona tewa kiva speech as a manifestation of a dominant language ideology