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Tim Stowell is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles.[1] Prior to his retirement, he served as Dean of the Humanities Division.[2]

Education and career

Stowell was born in Ottawa in 1954.[3] He earned his PhD in linguistics at MIT in 1981 and was a fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study during the academic year 1996–1997.[4]

Research

Stowell works on generative syntax, and is best known for his postulation of small clauses.

Selected publications

  • Stowell, Timothy A. 1981. Origins of phrase structure (Thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/15626.

References

  1. ^ [1] UCLA Linguistics Department webpage, Tim Stowell
  2. ^ [2] UCLA Humanities Dean webpage
  3. ^ [3] Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Fellows page, Stowell, T.A.
  4. ^ [4] Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Fellows page, Stowell, T.A.