Mark Aronoff
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Mark Aronoff, a native of Montreal
, Quebec
, is a morphologist
and a professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook
. His 1974 M.I.T. PhD
thesis (Word Formation in Generative Grammar, published 1976 as Linguistic Inquiry
Monograph One by the MIT Press
) earned him the nickname of "the father of modern morphology."
From 1995 to 2001 Mark Aronoff was the editor of Language, the journal of the Linguistic Society of America
. In 2005 he was the president of the Linguistic Society of America and involved with research on
Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language
.
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, is a morphologist
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...
and a professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook
State University of New York at Stony Brook
The State University of New York at Stony Brook, also known as Stony Brook University, is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island, about east of Manhattan....
. His 1974 M.I.T. PhD
PHD
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thesis (Word Formation in Generative Grammar, published 1976 as Linguistic Inquiry
Linguistic Inquiry
Linguistic Inquiry is a peer-reviewed academic journal in generative linguistics published by the MIT Press since 1970. Ever since its foundation, it has been edited by Samuel Jay Keyser. Many seminal linguistic articles first appeared on its pages. The volumes since 1998 are available online via...
Monograph One by the MIT Press
MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts .-History:...
) earned him the nickname of "the father of modern morphology."
From 1995 to 2001 Mark Aronoff was the editor of Language, the journal of the Linguistic Society of America
Linguistic Society of America
The Linguistic Society of America is a professional society for linguists. It was founded in 1924 to advance linguistics, the scientific study of human language. The LSA has over 5,000 individual members and welcomes linguists of all kinds. It works to advance the discipline and to communicate...
. In 2005 he was the president of the Linguistic Society of America and involved with research on
Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language
Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language
The Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language is a sign language used by about 150 deaf and many hearing members of the al-Sayyid Bedouin tribe in the Negev desert of southern Israel...
.