Michael John Kenstowicz (born August 18, 1945) is an American linguist and a professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

(MIT). He is best known for his works on

phonetics Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds or, in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Linguists who specialize in studying the physical properties of speech are phoneticians ...

and

phonology Phonology (formerly also phonemics or phonematics: "phonemics ''n.'' 'obsolescent''1. Any procedure for identifying the phonemes of a language from a corpus of data. 2. (formerly also phonematics) A former synonym for phonology, often pre ...

. His book '' Phonology in Generative Grammar'' is widely used as a coursebook in phonology classes around the world. Since 1987, he has served an editor of the journal '' Natural Language & Linguistic Theory'' .

Books

* '' Phonology in Generative Grammar'', Blackwell Publications 1994 * '' Generative Phonology: Description and Theory'', with Charles Kisseberth, Academic Press 1979 * ''Topics in Phonological Theory'', with Charles Kisseberth, Academic Press 1977

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Kenstowicz's CV
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kenstowicz, Michael MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences faculty Phonologists from the United States Living people University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty 1945 births San Jose State University alumni University of Illinois alumni