Background
Lasnik, Howard Bruce was born on July 3, 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Arrived in the United States, 1987. Son of Bert and Ruth (Shapiro) Lasnik.
Lasnik, Howard Bruce was born on July 3, 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Arrived in the United States, 1987. Son of Bert and Ruth (Shapiro) Lasnik.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and English, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1967. Master of Arts in English, Harvard University, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972.
Assistant professor linguistics University Connecticut, Storrs, 1972-1976, associate professor linguistics, 1976-1981, professor linguistics, 1981—2000, University Maryland, College Park, 2000—2003, distinguished professor linguistics, since 2003. Postdoctoral fellow Center for Cognitive Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984-1985. Consultant; visiting professor Linguistics City University of New York Linguistics Institute, New York City, 1986, Warsaw University summer school, 1992, Dutch National Graduate School in Linguistics, 1994, Linguistic Society of America Institute, 2001, 2003.
Research affiliate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1995. Board trustees University Maryland, College Park, Maryland, since 2003. Speaker professional conferences.
Member American Association of University Professors (Excellence award 1998), Generative Linguists of Old World, North Eastern Linguistic Society, Linguistic Society of America (fellow, syntax and semantics committee 1980-1981).
Married Penelope Packard Pittman, 1968 (divorced 1972). Married Roberta Ann Edwards, September 29, 1973.