Michael Kenstowicz

Michael Kenstowicz
Born(1945-08-18)August 18, 1945
Chicago, Illinois
EducationUniversity of Illinois (PhD), San Jose State University (BA)
Scientific career
Fieldslinguistics
WorkplacesUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, MIT
ThesisLithuanian Phonology (1971)
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). 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. Since 1987, he has served an editor of the journal Natural Language & Linguistic Theory .

Books

References

  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.