Linda Lombardi
Linda Lombardi | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Massachusetts Amherst (PhD) |
| Thesis | Laryngeal features and laryngeal neutralization (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | John McCarthy |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | linguistics |
| Sub-discipline | phonology |
| Institutions | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Website | http://www.lindalombardi.com/ |
Linda Lombardi is an American writer and editor specializing in animals. Lombardi worked as an academic linguist at the University of Maryland, College Park and was known for her works on phonology and optimality theory[1][2] until she quit her tenured job to become an animal keeper.[3][4]
Books[edit]
Animals[edit]
- The Pit Bull Life, co-authored with Deirdre Franklin, Countryman Press 2016
- The Lemur's Cry, Wombatarama 2014
- The Sloth's Eye, Five Star Mysteries 2012
- Animals Behaving Badly: Boozing Bees, Cheating Chimps, Dogs with Guns, and Other Beastly True Tales, Penguin/Perigee 2011
Linguistics[edit]
- Laryngeal Features and Laryngeal Neutralization, Garland 1994 (Routledge 2018)
- Segmental Phonology in Optimality Theory, Cambridge University Press 2001
References[edit]
- ^ Kim-Renaud, Young-Key (1997). "Review of Laryngeal Features and Laryngeal Neutralization". Language. 73 (2): 411–416. doi:10.2307/416037. ISSN 0097-8507. JSTOR 416037.
- ^ Nevins, Andrew (2003). "Segmental Phonology in Optimality Theory (review)". Language. 79 (4): 811–812. doi:10.1353/lan.2003.0259. ISSN 1535-0665. S2CID 210072861.
- ^ "linguistics, animals, and writing – Linda Lombardi". Career Linguist. 2015-12-29.
- ^ "College Professor Turned Zookeeper: 10 Questions For Linda Lombardi | Women's Voices For Change". womensvoicesforchange.org. 2011-10-08.
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