Emmon Bach
Encyclopedia
Emmon Bach is an American linguist. He is Professor Emeritus
at the
Department of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
and Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies
(SOAS), part of the University of London
. He currently lives in London.
His interests include syntax
, phonology
, the languages of British Columbia (especially Haisla
), problems of tense and aspect in semantics
, and formal problems and semantic issues in the morphology
of polysynthetic languages.
He is married to the linguist Wynn Chao who also teaches at SOAS.
Emeritus
Emeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
at the
Department of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
and Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
(SOAS), part of the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
. He currently lives in London.
His interests include syntax
Syntax
In linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing phrases and sentences in natural languages....
, phonology
Phonology
Phonology is, broadly speaking, the subdiscipline of linguistics concerned with the sounds of language. That is, it is the systematic use of sound to encode meaning in any spoken human language, or the field of linguistics studying this use...
, the languages of British Columbia (especially Haisla
Haisla language
The Haisla language is a First Nations language spoken by the Haisla people of the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, who are based in the village of Kitaamat 10 km from the town of Kitimat at the head of the Douglas Channel, a 120 km fjord that serves as a...
), problems of tense and aspect in semantics
Semantics
Semantics is the study of meaning. It focuses on the relation between signifiers, such as words, phrases, signs and symbols, and what they stand for, their denotata....
, and formal problems and semantic issues in the morphology
Morphology (linguistics)
In linguistics, morphology is the identification, analysis and description, in a language, of the structure of morphemes and other linguistic units, such as words, affixes, parts of speech, intonation/stress, or implied context...
of polysynthetic languages.
He is married to the linguist Wynn Chao who also teaches at SOAS.
Selected publications
- An Introduction to Transformational Grammars (1964) New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
- Syntactic Theory (1974) New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
- Informal Lectures on Formal Semantics (1989) Albany: SUNY Press.