Michael Kenstowicz

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Michael Kenstowicz
Born(1945-08-18)August 18, 1945 [1]
Chicago, Illinois
Education University of Illinois (PhD), San Jose State University (BA)
Scientific career
Fields linguistics
Institutions University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, MIT
Thesis Lithuanian Phonology  (1971)
Doctoral advisor Charles Wayne Kisseberth
Other academic advisors Theodore M. Lightner
Chin Woo Kim
Doctoral students Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino
Other notable students Mohammad Dabir Moghaddam

Michael John Kenstowicz (born August 18, 1945) is an American linguist and a professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). [2] He is best known for his works on phonetics and phonology. His book Phonology in Generative Grammar is widely used as a coursebook in phonology classes around the world. [3] [4] [5] [6] Since 1987, he has served an editor of the journal Natural Language & Linguistic Theory . [7]

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  1. ↑ doctoral dissertation
  2. ↑ "Michael Kenstowicz". MIT Linguistics.
  3. ↑ Hall, Tracy (1995). "Michael Kenstowicz: Phonology in Generative Grammar. Cambridge:Blackwell, 1994. 704pp". Linguistics. 33 (3). doi:10.1515/ling.1995.33.3.579.
  4. ↑ Szpyra, Jolanta (1 July 1995). "Phonology in Generative Grammar: M. Kenstowicz, Cambridge, MA and Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1994. xi + 704 pp. UK £ 17.99 (pb.). ISBN 1-55786-426-8" . Lingua. 96 (2): 189–195. doi:10.1016/0024-3841(95)90019-5. ISSN   0024-3841.
  5. ↑ Dinnsen, Daniel A. (May 1995). "Kenstowicz Michael (1994). Phonology in generative grammar. Cambridge, Mass. & Oxford: Blackwell. Pp. ix + 704" . Phonology. 12 (1): 131–134. doi:10.1017/S0952675700002402. ISSN   1469-8188. S2CID   61581024.
  6. ↑ Parker, Steve (1995). "Phonology in generative grammar. By MICHAEL KENSTOWICZ. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 1994. Cloth $64.95, paper $24.95" (PDF). Notes on Linguistics (68).
  7. ↑ "Natural Language & Linguistic Theory". Springer.
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