Michael Kenstowicz
American linguist
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::summary American linguist ::
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| name | Michael Kenstowicz |
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| birth_place | Chicago, Illinois |
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| fields | linguistics |
| workplaces | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, MIT |
| education | University of Illinois (PhD), San Jose State University (BA) |
| thesis_title | Lithuanian Phonology |
| thesis_url | https://lingphil.scripts.mit.edu/papers/kenstowicz/kenstowicz.71.Lith%20Phon.pdf |
| thesis_year | 1971 |
| doctoral_advisor | Charles Wayne Kisseberth |
| academic_advisors | Theodore M. Lightner |
| Chin Woo Kim | |
| doctoral_students | Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino |
| notable_students | Mohammad Dabir Moghaddam |
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Books
- Phonology in Generative Grammar, Blackwell Publications 1994
- Generative Phonology: Description and Theory, with Charles Kisseberth, Academic Press 1979
- Topics in Phonological Theory, with Charles Kisseberth, Academic Press 1977
References
References
- doctoral dissertation
- "Michael Kenstowicz".
- (1995). "Michael Kenstowicz: Phonology in Generative Grammar. Cambridge:Blackwell, 1994. 704pp.". Linguistics.
- (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.
- (May 1995). "Kenstowicz Michael (1994). Phonology in generative grammar. Cambridge, Mass. & Oxford: Blackwell. Pp. ix + 704.". Phonology.
- (1995). "Phonology in generative grammar. By MICHAEL KENSTOWICZ. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 1994. Cloth $64.95, paper $24.95". [[Notes on Linguistics]].
- "Natural Language & Linguistic Theory".
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