Edwin S. Williams
Edwin S. Williams | |
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| Born | 1948 (age 72–73) |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
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| Fields | Morphology, syntax |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Thesis | Rule Ordering in Syntax (1974) |
| Doctoral advisor | Noam Chomsky |
Edwin Samuel Williams (born 1948) is an American linguist and Emeritus Professor of linguistics at Princeton University.[1] He is known for his expertise on morphology and syntax.[2] Williams is credited as the creator of representation theory.
Books[]
- On the Definition of Word, Anna Maria Di Sciullo and Edwin Williams, MIT Press
- Thematic Structure in Syntax, MIT Press
- Regimes of Derivation in Syntax and Morphology, Routledge
- Representation Theory, MIT Press
References[]
- ^ "Edwin S. Williams". dof.princeton.edu. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ Ananiadou, Sofia (1989). "On the definition of word". Machine Translation. 4 (4): 313–317. doi:10.1007/BF00713706.
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