Elizabeth Theodora Uldall (; née Anderson; 30 November 1913 – 23 June 2004) was an American linguist and

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, who taught at the University of Edinburgh. Born in Kearney, Nebraska, she studied at

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, New York and later went to London to study phonetics with Daniel Jones. Here she met Danish linguist Hans Jørgen Uldall, another student of Jones, and the two married. During World War II the couple worked for the

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in locations such as Athens, Baghdad, Cairo and Alexandria. She joined the faculty of the

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in 1949. There she produced some of the earliest video recordings of the vibrating vocal folds, using herself as a subject. She also worked on the intonation and rhythm of African languages.Topics in linguistic phonetics : in honour of E.T. Uldall / edited by Jo-Ann W. Higgs, Robin Thelwall. Coleraine, N. Ireland : New University of Ulster, 1984

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