Background
Shannon, Thomas Frederic was born on March 16, 1948 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Shannon, Thomas Frederic was born on March 16, 1948 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Bachelor in German summa cum laude, Boston College, 1969. Master of Arts in German Literature, State University of New York, Albany, 1973. Master of Arts in Theoretical Linguistics, Indiana University, 1975.
Doctor of Philosophy in Germanic Linguistics, Indiana University, 1982.
Instructor in German, Boston College, 1969-1970; teaching fellow in German, State University of New York, Albany, 1971-1973; university fellow, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1973-1974; associate instructor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1974-1976, 79-80; acting assistant professor in Germanic linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, 1980-1982; assistant professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1982-1987; associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-1994; professor, University of California, Berkeley, since 1994; director language laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 1989-1992; associate director Berkeley Language Center, University of California, Berkeley, 1994-1995. Co-organizer Berkeley Confs. on Dutch Language and Literature, 1987, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97. Economics presenter and speaker in field.
With United States Army Reserve, 1970-1976. Member Modern Language Association (Executive Committee discussion group in Germanic philology 1989-1994, discussion group for Netherlandic Studies 1995-1999, division on language change 1995-1999), American Association Netherlandic Studies (Executive Committee since 1988, editor newsletter 1989-1995, series editor publications since 1994), American Association Teachers German, International Association Netherlandic Studies, International Association Germanstik, International Society History Lingusitics, Linguistic Society American, Netherlands American U. League, Pacific Ancient & Modern Language Association, European Linguistic Society, Society Germanic Philology (vice president 1991-1992, 95-), Interna. Cognitive Linguistics Society, Alpha Sigma Nu.
Married Christine D. Höner.