Tim Stowell | |
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Born | 1954 (age 70–71) |
Academic background | |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Linguistics |
Institutions | University of California,Los Angeles |
Tim Stowell is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of California,Los Angeles. [1] Prior to his retirement,he served as Dean of the Humanities Division. [2]
Stowell was born in Ottawa in 1954. [3] He earned his PhD in linguistics at MIT in 1981 and was a fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study during the academic year 1996–1997. [4]
Stowell works on generative syntax,and is best known for his postulation of small clauses.