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Carlota S. Smith (1934-2007) was an American linguist. She made significant contributions to the study of tense, aspect and discourse.

Life and career
Smith was born in New York City and received an undergraduate degree from Radcliffe College in 1955. She received an M.A. in 1964 and a Ph.D. in 1967 from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1961, while still a graduate student, Smith spent a year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In 1969 Smith joined the linguistics faculty at The University of Texas at Austin. She served as chair of the department from 1981-1985 and as director of the Cognitive Science Center from 1987-1994.

Smith succumbed to cancer at the age of 73.