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Ray Jackendoff

Ray Jackendoff (born January 23, 1945) is an American linguist. He is professor of philosophy, Seth Merrin Chair in the Humanities and was, with Daniel Dennett, co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He has always straddled the boundary between generative linguistics and cognitive linguistics, committed to both the existence…

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LinguistHumanitiesDaniel DennettCenter for Cognitive StudiesTufts University
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MIT PressISBNSimpler syntax
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Interfaces and generative grammar

Generative grammarGovernment and binding theoryMinimalist programCognitive semantics
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Alma mater
MIT, Swarthmore
Awards
Fellow of the AAAS Jean Nicod Prize (2003) Rumelhart Prize (2014)
Born
(1945-01-23) January 23, 1945 (age 81)
Doctoral advisor
Noam Chomsky
Fields
Generative grammar, cognitive science, music cognition
Notable students
Neil Cohn

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Ray Jackendoff → Fellow of the AAAS Jean Nicod Prize (2003) Rumelhart Prize (2014)
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Ray Jackendoff → (1945-01-23) January 23, 1945 (age 81)
Doctoral advisor · 1
Ray Jackendoff → Noam Chomsky
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Ray Jackendoff → Generative grammar, cognitive science, music cognition
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Ray Jackendoff → Tufts, Brandeis

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