Michael Kenstowicz

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Michael Kenstowicz
Born(1945-08-18)August 18, 1945[1]
EducationUniversity of Illinois (PhD), San Jose State University (BA)
Scientific career
Fieldslinguistics
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, MIT
ThesisLithuanian Phonology (1971)
Doctoral advisorCharles Wayne Kisseberth
Other academic advisorsTheodore M. Lightner
Chin Woo Kim
Doctoral studentsRodolfo Cerrón Palomino
Other notable studentsMohammad Dabir Moghaddam

Michael John Kenstowicz (born August 18, 1945) is an American linguist and professor of linguistics at MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy.[2] He is best known for his works on phonetics and phonology. His book Phonology in Generative Grammar is a coursebook taught across the world in phonology courses.[3][4][5][6] He is an editor of Natural Language & Linguistic Theory since 1987.[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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