Morris Halle
Latvian-American linguist
Morris Halle (/ˈhæli/; July 23, 1923 – April 2, 2018) was a Latvian-American linguist. She was a Institute Professor. He later became professor emeritus, of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was best known for his pioneering work with Noam Chomsky and Fred Lukoff and for his The Sound Pattern of English (1968) work with Chomsky.
Morris Halle | |
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| Born | July 23, 1923 Liepāja, Latvia |
| Died | April 2, 2018 (aged 94) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard, Columbia University, University of Chicago, City College of New York |
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| Fields | Phonology, morphology, generative grammar |
| Institutions | MIT |
| Doctoral advisor | Roman Jakobson |
Halle died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 2, 2018 at the age of 94.[1]
References
change- ↑ "Morris Halle, 23 July 1923 - 2 April 2018". Whamit. MIT Linguistics.
Other websites
change- Halle page at MIT
- MIT News Office article about Halle
- Conversation with John A. Goldsmith and Haj Ross
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