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Aronoff, Mark H. was born on January 9, 1949 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Moses and Grace (Rosenberg) Aronoff. came to the United States, 1970.
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Most recent research in generative morphology has avoided the treatment of purely morphological phenomena and has focused instead on interface questions, such as the relation between morphology and syntax or between morphology and phonology. In this monograph Mark Aronoff argues that linguists must consider morphology by itself, not merely as an appendage of syntax and phonology, and that linguistic theory must allow for a separate and autonomous morphological component.Following a general introductory chapter, Aronoff examines two narrow classes of morphological phenomena to make his case: stems and inflectional classes. Concentrating first on Latin verb morphology, he argues that morphological stems are neither syntactic nor phonological units. Next,using data from a number of languages, he underscores the traditional point that the inflectional class of a word is not reducible to its syntactic gender. He then explores in detail the phonologically motivated nominal inflectional class system of two languages of Papua New Guinea (Arapeshand Yimas) and the precise nature of the relation between this system and the corresponding gender system. Finally,drawing on a number of Semitic languages, Aronoff argues that the verb classes of these languages are purely inflectional although they are partly motivated by derivational and syntactic considerations. Mark Aronoff is Professor of Linguistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
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Aronoff, Mark H. was born on January 9, 1949 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Moses and Grace (Rosenberg) Aronoff. came to the United States, 1970.
Born and raised in Québec, Canada, Aronoff graduated from McGill University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics, completing his Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974. Upon completing his Doctor of Philosophy, Aronoff took a position as an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, which he has called “the only real job I have had in my life.” Promoted to Full Professor a few years later, Aronoff served as Chair of the Department of Linguistics from 1980-1993.
In addition to his scholarly output and teaching, Aronoff has a strong commitment to professional service, within both his university and his field From 1998 to 2010, he served in the administration of State University of New York as Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education. This overlapped with his tenure, from 1995 to 2001, as editor of Language (the journal of the Linguistic Society of America), as well as his term as president of the Local Search Association in 2005.
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Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (chair section Z 2004). Member: Linguistic Society of America (president 2005), Sigma Xi.
Married Frances A. Kelley, January 16, 1976. Children: Catherine, Peter, Ruth.