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Richard S. Kayne

Structural and Theoretical Linguistics

Richard S. Kayne (born 1944) is an American linguist and professor at New York University best known for developing the theory of antisymmetry, which analyzes the relationship between hierarchical syntactic structure and linear word order and has become part of the canon of Minimalist syntax. His work focuses on the syntactic structure of English and of Romance languages such as French and Italian within the framework of transformational grammar, and his theoretical contributions have shaped how linguists understand word order and structural organization across language systems.

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United States 1
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1944 1
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1. Wikipedia: Richard S. Kayne
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    born 1944
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    is an American linguist and professor at New York University.
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    1944
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