Kenneth Hale

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Kenneth Hale was an influential American linguist renowned for his work on indigenous and endangered languages, especially in the Americas and Australia, and for his contributions to theoretical syntax and language preservation.

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linguist Kenneth L. Hale 1

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instanceOf human
linguist
awardReceived Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
birthDate 1934-08-15
birthPlace Evanston, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2001-10-08
doctoralAdvisor Thomas Albert Sebeok NERFINISHED
doctoralThesis A Papago Grammar NERFINISHED
doctoralThesisYear 1959
educatedAt Indiana University Bloomington NERFINISHED
University of Arizona NERFINISHED
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology
familyName Hale NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork language documentation
language revitalization
linguistics
morphology
theoretical syntax
focus supporting indigenous communities in language maintenance
givenName Kenneth NERFINISHED
influenced field linguistics practices
generative linguistics
knownFor advocacy for language preservation
contributions to generative syntax
research on endangered languages
work on Australian Aboriginal languages
work on indigenous languages of the Americas
languageProficiencyClaim was reported to speak or have worked with dozens of languages
legacy major influence on documentation of endangered languages worldwide
name Kenneth Locke Hale NERFINISHED
notableWork On the Position of Warlpiri in a Typology of the Base NERFINISHED
Remarks on Japanese Phrase Structure NERFINISHED
Theoretical Morphology and the Lexicon NERFINISHED
occupation professor
positionHeld Professor of Linguistics at MIT
researchInterest argument structure
lexical semantics
non-configurationality
student Noam Chomsky NERFINISHED
studiedLanguage Hopi NERFINISHED
Kayardild NERFINISHED
Lardil NERFINISHED
Mohawk NERFINISHED
Navajo NERFINISHED
Papago (O'odham) NERFINISHED
Ulwa NERFINISHED
Warlpiri NERFINISHED

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