Edwin S. Williams
American linguist
Edwin S. Williams | |
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Born | 1948 (age 75–76) |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
Scientific career | |
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
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