Samuel Jay Keyser
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Samuel Jay Keyser (born 1935) is an American theoretical phonologist, who is an authority on the history and structure of the English language, and on linguistic approaches to literary criticism.
Biography
Dr. Keyser received a BA degree in English from George Washington University, Washington DC, USA, in 1956; a BA in 1958 (MA 1962), in English, from Merton College, Oxford University, England; another MA, in linguistics, from Yale University, Connecticut, USA, in 1960; and a PhD in linguistics from Yale in 1962. Emeritus Professor at M.I.T., he is the author of numerous books and scientific publications, Editor-in-chief of the journal Linguistic Inquiry, and former Assistant Provost at M.I.T.
In addition to his scientific contributions in many feilds of linguistics, including phonology, metrics, and lexical structure, he is well-known to jazz fans throughout the Boston area as an accomplished trombonist and bandleader.
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