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| | Researcher of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | While pursuing a master's degree in anthropology, her thesis research led her to Chipilo, Mexico, where a unique Italian dialect, Veneto, was being spoken. |
 | | MacKay began meeting the people of Chipilo, developed a fascination with their language, and changed the focus of her thesis from archaeology to linguistics. |
 | | Her work has also earned her honorary citizenships in both Segusino, Italy, and Chipilo, Mexico; funding from the National Science Foundation; the Mary R. Haas Award from the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; and, appropriately, Ball State University's Researcher of the Year award. |
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