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Morris Halle

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Morris Halle
Born(1923-07-23)July 23, 1923
Liepāja, Latvia
DiedApril 2, 2018(2018-04-02) (aged 94)
Alma materHarvard, Columbia University, University of Chicago, City College of New York
Scientific career
FieldsPhonology, morphology, generative grammar
InstitutionsMIT
Doctoral advisorRoman Jakobson

Morris Halle (/ˈhæli/; July 23, 1923 – April 2, 2018) was a Latvian-American linguist. She was a Institute Professor. He later became professor emeritus, of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was best known for his pioneering work with Noam Chomsky and Fred Lukoff and for his The Sound Pattern of English (1968) work with Chomsky.

Halle died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 2, 2018 at the age of 94.[1]

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  1. "Morris Halle, 23 July 1923 - 2 April 2018". Whamit. MIT Linguistics.

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