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'''Arnold M. Zwicky''' (born September 6, 1940) is a perennial Visiting Professor of [[linguistics]] at [[Stanford University]], and [[Distinguished University Professor]] Emeritus of linguistics at the [[Ohio State University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/0506zwicky.htm |title=2005-2006 Fellows |accessdate=2008-07-20 |work=Stanford Humanities Center |publisher=Stanford University |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705094755/http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/0506zwicky.htm |archivedate=5 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| name = Arnold Zwicky
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|09|06}}
| birth_place = Allentown, Pennsylvania
| citizenship = United States
| nationality = American
| fields = Linguistics
| workplaces = {{Plainlist|
* Stanford University,
* Ohio State University}}
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
* Princetown University,
* MIT}}
| thesis_title = Topics in Sanskrit Phonology
| thesis_year = 1965
| doctoral_advisor = Morris Halle
| website = https://web.stanford.edu/~zwicky/
| spouse = Ann Daingerfield Zwicky
}}

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'''Arnold Melchior Zwicky''' (born September 6, 1940) is an adjunct professor of [[linguistics]] at [[Stanford University]] and [[Distinguished University Professor]] Emeritus of linguistics at the [[Ohio State University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/0506zwicky.htm |title=2005-2006 Fellows |accessdate=2008-07-20 |work=Stanford Humanities Center |publisher=Stanford University |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705094755/http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/0506zwicky.htm |archivedate=5 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Linguistic Society of America]]’s Arnold Zwicky Award, given for the first time in 2021, is intended to recognize the contributions of [[LGBT|LGBTQ+]] scholars in linguistics and is named for Zwicky, the first LGBTQ+ President of the LSA.<ref> {{cite web |url= https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/arnold-zwicky-award |title=Arnold Zwicky Award |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Linguistic Society of America |publisher= |access-date=2024-02-02 |quote=}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Zwicky was born on September 6, 1940 in Allentown, [[Pennsylvania]].{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} He received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics at Princeton University (1962). He was a student of [[Morris Halle]] at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ([[MIT]]) and received a Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics at 1965.
Zwicky was born on September 6, 1940, in Allentown, [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-15 |title=About AMZ |url=https://arnoldzwicky.org/about-amz/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Arnold Zwicky's Blog |language=en-US}}</ref> He received a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics at Princeton University (1962). He was a student of [[Morris Halle]] at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ([[MIT]]) and received a Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics in 1965.


== Career ==
== Career ==
Zwicky has made notable contributions to fields of [[phonology]] ([[half rhyme|half-rhymes]]), [[Morphology (linguistics)|morphology]] ([[realizational morphology]], rules of referral), [[syntax]] ([[clitic]]s, [[construction grammar]]), interfaces (the Principle of Phonology-Free Syntax), [[sociolinguistics]] and American [[dialectology]].
Zwicky has made notable contributions to fields of [[phonology]] ([[half rhyme|half-rhymes]]), [[Morphology (linguistics)|morphology]] ([[realizational morphology]], rules of referral), [[syntax]] ([[clitic]]s, [[construction grammar]]), interfaces (the Principle of Phonology-Free Syntax), [[sociolinguistics]] and American [[dialectology]].


He coined the term [[recency illusion]], the belief that a word, meaning, grammatical construction or phrase is of recent origin when it is in fact of long-established usage.<ref>Intensive and Quotative ALL: something old, something new, John R. Rickford, Thomas Wasow, Arnold Zwicky, Isabelle Buchstaller, ''American Speech'' 2007 82(1):3-31; Duke University Press (''what Arnold Zwicky (2005) has dubbed the "recency illusion," whereby people think that linguistic features they’ve only recently noticed are in fact new'').</ref> For example, the figurative use of the intensifier "literally" is often perceived to have recent origin, but in fact it dates back several centuries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Language Log: Literally: a history|url=http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002611.html|access-date=2020-12-26|website=itre.cis.upenn.edu}}</ref> The phenomenon is thought to be caused by [[selective attention]].
He coined the term "[[recency illusion]]", the belief that a word, meaning, grammatical construction or phrase is of recent origin when it is in fact of long-established usage.<ref>Intensive and Quotative ALL: something old, something new, John R. Rickford, Thomas Wasow, Arnold Zwicky, Isabelle Buchstaller, ''American Speech'' 2007 82(1):3-31; Duke University Press (''what Arnold Zwicky (2005) has dubbed the "recency illusion," whereby people think that linguistic features they’ve only recently noticed are in fact new'').</ref> For example, the figurative use of the intensifier "literally" is often perceived to have recent origin, but in fact it dates back several centuries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Language Log: Literally: a history|url=http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002611.html|access-date=2020-12-26|website=itre.cis.upenn.edu}}</ref> The phenomenon is thought to be caused by [[selective attention]].


At the [[Linguistic Society of America]]'s 1999 Summer Institute (held at [[UIUC]]) he was the Edward Sapir professor, the most prestigious chair of this organization, of which he is a past president.<ref>[http://www.lsadc.org/info/inst-past-profs.cfm Past Linguistic Institutes: Named Professorships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822221728/https://lsadc.org/info/inst-past-profs.cfm |date=2012-08-22 }}, Linguistic Society of America, official website</ref>
At the [[Linguistic Society of America]]'s 1999 Summer Institute (held at [[UIUC]]) he was the Edward Sapir professor, the most prestigious chair of this organization, of which he is a past president.<ref>[http://www.lsadc.org/info/inst-past-profs.cfm Past Linguistic Institutes: Named Professorships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822221728/https://lsadc.org/info/inst-past-profs.cfm |date=2012-08-22 }}, Linguistic Society of America, official website</ref>
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He is one of the editors of ''Handbook of Morphology'', among other published works. He is also well known as a frequent contributor to the linguistics blog [[Language Log]], as well as his own personal blog that largely focuses on linguistics issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/ |title=Arnold Zwicky's Blog &#124; A blog mostly about language |publisher=Arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com |date=2013-10-27 |accessdate=2013-10-31}}</ref>
He is one of the editors of ''Handbook of Morphology'', among other published works. He is also well known as a frequent contributor to the linguistics blog [[Language Log]], as well as his own personal blog that largely focuses on linguistics issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/ |title=Arnold Zwicky's Blog &#124; A blog mostly about language |publisher=Arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com |date=2013-10-27 |accessdate=2013-10-31}}</ref>


Zwicky is a former board member of the [[National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals]], who chose him as 2008 GLBT Scientist of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noglstp.org/bulletin/2008winter.PDF |title=NOGLSTP Bulletin, Winter 2008 |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2013-12-04}}</ref>
Zwicky was elected as a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/arnold-melchior-zwicky |title=Mr. Arnold Melchior Zwicky |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 23 January 2024|website=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |publisher= |access-date=2024-02-02 |quote=}}</ref> He is a former board member of the [[National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals]], who chose him as 2008 GLBT Scientist of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noglstp.org/bulletin/2008winter.PDF |title=NOGLSTP Bulletin, Winter 2008 |date= |accessdate=2013-12-04}}</ref>


== Selected publications ==
== Selected publications ==
;As sole author/editor

* {{cite journal |last=Zwicky |first=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1971 |title=In a Manner of Speaking |journal=Linguistic Inquiry |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=223–233}}
* 1977: ''On Clitics''. Indiana University Linguistics Club.
* {{cite book |last=Zwicky |first=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1972 |chapter=Note on a Phonological Hierarchy in English |editor-first1=Robert S. |editor-last1=Stockwell |editor-first2=Ronald K. S. |editor-last2=Macaulay |title=Linguistic change and generative theory |pages=275–301}}
* 1983: Cliticization vs. Inflection: English ''n't''. With [[Geoffrey K. Pullum]] ''Language'' 59 (3), 502–513.
* {{cite journal |last=Zwicky |first=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1974 |title=Hey, whatsyourname |journal=Chicago Linguistic Society |volume=10}}
* 1985: Clitics and Prticles. ''Language'' 61 (2), 283–305.
* {{cite journal |last=Zwicky |first=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1977 |title=On Clitics |journal=Indiana University Linguistics Club}}
* 1987: Suppressing the Zs. ''Journal of Linguistics'' Vol. 23 (1), 133–148.
* {{cite journal |last=Zwicky |first=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1985 |title=Clitics and Particles |journal=Language |volume=61 |issue=2 |pages=283–305|doi=10.2307/414146 |jstor=414146 }}
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* 1996: ''Approaching Second: Second Position Critics and Related Phenomena.'' Edited with Aaron L. Halpern. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications.
* {{cite journal |last=Zwicky |first=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1985 |title=Heads |journal=Journal of Linguistics |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=1–29|doi=10.1017/S0022226700010008 |s2cid=250438550 }}
* 2001: ''The Handbook of Morphology.'' Edited with Andrew Spencer. Hoboken: Wiley.
* {{cite journal |last=Zwicky |first=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1985 |title=How to describe inflection |journal=Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society |volume=11 |pages=372–386}}
* {{cite journal |last=Zwicky |first=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1987 |title=Suppressing the Zs |journal=Journal of Linguistics |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=133–148|doi=10.1017/S0022226700011063 |s2cid=144660720 }}
;As co-author/co-editor
* {{cite journal |last1=Zwicky |first1=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1971 |title=On Invited Inferences |first2=Michael L. |last2=Geis |journal=Linguistic Inquiry |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=561–566}}
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* {{cite book |editor-last=Zwicky |editor-first=Arnold |editor-mask=1 |year=1996 |title=Approaching Second: Second Position Clitics and Related Phenomena |editor-first2=Aaron L. |editor-last2=Halpern |location=Stanford, CA |publisher=CSLI Publications}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Zwicky |first1=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1983 |title=Cliticization vs. Inflection: English ''n't'' |author-link2=Geoffrey K. Pullum |first2=Geoffrey K. |last2=Pullum |journal=Language |volume=59 |issue=3 |pages=502–513|doi=10.2307/413900 |jstor=413900 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Zwicky |first1=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1986 |title=Phonological resolution of syntactic feature conflict |first2=Geoffrey K. |last2=Pullum |journal=Language |pages=751–773}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Zwicky |first1=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1987 |title=Plain morphology and expressive morphology |first2=Geoffrey K. |last2=Pullum |journal=Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society |volume=13 |pages=330–340|doi=10.3765/bls.v13i0.1817 }}
* {{cite book |last1=Zwicky |first1=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1988 |chapter=The syntax-phonology interface |first2=Geoffrey K. |last2=Pullum |editor-first=Frederick J. |editor-last=Newmeyer |title=Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey |volume=1 |pages=255–280}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Zwicky |first1=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1975 |title=Ambiguity tests and how to fail them |first2=Jerrold M. |last2=Sadock |author-link2=Jerrold Sadock |journal=Syntax and Semantics |volume=4 |pages=1–36}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Zwicky |first1=Arnold |author-mask=1 |year=1985 |title=Speech Act Distinctions in Syntax |first2=Jerrold M. |last2=Sadock |journal=Language Typology and Syntactic Description |volume=1 |pages=155–196}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Zwicky |editor-first=Arnold |editor-mask=1 |year=2001 |title=The Handbook of Morphology |editor-first2=Andrew |editor-last2=Spencer |location=Hoboken, NJ |publisher=Wiley}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://arnoldzwicky.org/ Arnold Zwicky's blog]
*[http://arnoldzwicky.org/ Arnold Zwicky's blog]
*[https://profiles.stanford.edu/arnold-zwicky?tab=publications Arnold Zwicky on Stanford Profiles]
*[https://profiles.stanford.edu/arnold-zwicky Arnold Zwicky on Stanford Profiles]
*[https://files.shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/CA5781.pdf Donated papers] at [[State Historical Society of Missouri|The State Historical Society of Missouri]], Research Center- Columbia.


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Arnold Zwicky
Born (1940-09-06) September 6, 1940 (age 84)
Allentown, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater
  • Princetown University,
  • MIT
SpouseAnn Daingerfield Zwicky
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics
Institutions
  • Stanford University,
  • Ohio State University
Thesis Topics in Sanskrit Phonology  (1965)
Doctoral advisorMorris Halle
Websitehttps://web.stanford.edu/~zwicky/

Arnold Melchior Zwicky (born September 6, 1940) is an adjunct professor of linguistics at Stanford University and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the Ohio State University.[1] The Linguistic Society of America’s Arnold Zwicky Award, given for the first time in 2021, is intended to recognize the contributions of LGBTQ+ scholars in linguistics and is named for Zwicky, the first LGBTQ+ President of the LSA.[2]

Early life and education

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Zwicky was born on September 6, 1940, in Allentown, Pennsylvania.[3] He received a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics at Princeton University (1962). He was a student of Morris Halle at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and received a Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics in 1965.

Career

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Zwicky has made notable contributions to fields of phonology (half-rhymes), morphology (realizational morphology, rules of referral), syntax (clitics, construction grammar), interfaces (the Principle of Phonology-Free Syntax), sociolinguistics and American dialectology.

He coined the term "recency illusion", the belief that a word, meaning, grammatical construction or phrase is of recent origin when it is in fact of long-established usage.[4] For example, the figurative use of the intensifier "literally" is often perceived to have recent origin, but in fact it dates back several centuries.[5] The phenomenon is thought to be caused by selective attention.

At the Linguistic Society of America's 1999 Summer Institute (held at UIUC) he was the Edward Sapir professor, the most prestigious chair of this organization, of which he is a past president.[6]

He is one of the editors of Handbook of Morphology, among other published works. He is also well known as a frequent contributor to the linguistics blog Language Log, as well as his own personal blog that largely focuses on linguistics issues.[7]

Zwicky was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992.[8] He is a former board member of the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals, who chose him as 2008 GLBT Scientist of the Year.[9]

Selected publications

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As sole author/editor
  • — (1971). "In a Manner of Speaking". Linguistic Inquiry. 2 (2): 223–233.
  • — (1972). "Note on a Phonological Hierarchy in English". In Stockwell, Robert S.; Macaulay, Ronald K. S. (eds.). Linguistic change and generative theory. pp. 275–301.
  • — (1974). "Hey, whatsyourname". Chicago Linguistic Society. 10.
  • — (1977). "On Clitics". Indiana University Linguistics Club.
  • — (1985). "Clitics and Particles". Language. 61 (2): 283–305. doi:10.2307/414146. JSTOR 414146.
  • — (1985). "Heads". Journal of Linguistics. 21 (1): 1–29. doi:10.1017/S0022226700010008. S2CID 250438550.
  • — (1985). "How to describe inflection". Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. 11: 372–386.
  • — (1987). "Suppressing the Zs". Journal of Linguistics. 23 (1): 133–148. doi:10.1017/S0022226700011063. S2CID 144660720.
As co-author/co-editor
  • —; Geis, Michael L. (1971). "On Invited Inferences". Linguistic Inquiry. 2 (4): 561–566.
  • —; Halpern, Aaron L., eds. (1996). Approaching Second: Second Position Clitics and Related Phenomena. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications.
  • —; Pullum, Geoffrey K. (1983). "Cliticization vs. Inflection: English n't". Language. 59 (3): 502–513. doi:10.2307/413900. JSTOR 413900.
  • —; Pullum, Geoffrey K. (1986). "Phonological resolution of syntactic feature conflict". Language: 751–773.
  • —; Pullum, Geoffrey K. (1987). "Plain morphology and expressive morphology". Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. 13: 330–340. doi:10.3765/bls.v13i0.1817.
  • —; Pullum, Geoffrey K. (1988). "The syntax-phonology interface". In Newmeyer, Frederick J. (ed.). Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey. Vol. 1. pp. 255–280.
  • —; Sadock, Jerrold M. (1975). "Ambiguity tests and how to fail them". Syntax and Semantics. 4: 1–36.
  • —; Sadock, Jerrold M. (1985). "Speech Act Distinctions in Syntax". Language Typology and Syntactic Description. 1: 155–196.
  • —; Spencer, Andrew, eds. (2001). The Handbook of Morphology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2005-2006 Fellows". Stanford Humanities Center. Stanford University. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  2. ^ "Arnold Zwicky Award". Linguistic Society of America. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  3. ^ "About AMZ". Arnold Zwicky's Blog. 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  4. ^ Intensive and Quotative ALL: something old, something new, John R. Rickford, Thomas Wasow, Arnold Zwicky, Isabelle Buchstaller, American Speech 2007 82(1):3-31; Duke University Press (what Arnold Zwicky (2005) has dubbed the "recency illusion," whereby people think that linguistic features they’ve only recently noticed are in fact new).
  5. ^ "Language Log: Literally: a history". itre.cis.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  6. ^ Past Linguistic Institutes: Named Professorships Archived 2012-08-22 at the Wayback Machine, Linguistic Society of America, official website
  7. ^ "Arnold Zwicky's Blog | A blog mostly about language". Arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com. 2013-10-27. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  8. ^ "Mr. Arnold Melchior Zwicky". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  9. ^ "NOGLSTP Bulletin, Winter 2008" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-12-04.
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