Michael Brame

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Michael K. Brame (January 27, 1944[1] — August 16, 2010[2]) was an American linguist and professor at the University of Washington, and founding editor of the peer-reviewed research journal, Linguistic Analysis.[3] He was known for his theory of recursive categorical syntax. He also co-authored with his wife, Galina Popova, several books on the identity of the writer who used the pseudonym "William Shakespeare".[1]

Early life and education

Michael Brame was born on January 27, 1944 in San Antonio, Texas.[1]

Brame started his study of linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, receiving his BA in 1966.[1] That summer he studied Egyptian Arabic at the American University of Cairo.[1] That fall, Brame began a PhD program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studying under Morris Halle and Noam Chomsky, who was his adviser.[2] He received his PhD in 1970[1] or 1971.[2] His dissertation was titled Arabic Phonology: Implications for Phonological Theory and Historical Semitic.[4]

Brame was a Fulbright scholar (Netherlands, 1973-1974).[5]

Recursive categorical syntax

Brame developed an algebraic theory of syntax, recursive categorical syntax, also sometimes called algebraic syntax, as an alternative to transformational-generative grammar. It is a type of dependency grammar, and is related to link grammars.

Brame formulated an algebra, (technically a non-associative groupoid with inverses) of lexical items (words and phrases), or lexes for short. A lex is a string representation of a word or idiomatic phrase together with a notation specifying what other word classes can bond with the string and in which order.

Shakespeare's Fingerprints

In 2002, Brame co-authored with his wife Galina Popova a book titled Shakespeare's Fingerprints.[6][1][7] Over the next two years, they would publish three more books on the topic.

Personal life

Brame was married to Galina Popova.[1]

Bibliography

Dissertation

  • Brame, M. K. (1970). Arabic phonology: implications for phonological theory and historical Semitic (PDF) (Doctoral dissertation). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2022-02-25.

Books

  • Brame, Michael K. (1976). Conjectures and Refutations in Syntax and Semantics. North Holland: Elsevier Science. ISBN 978-0444001856.
  • Brame, Michael K. (1978). Base Generated Syntax. Linguistics research monograph series. Vol. 1. Seattle: Noit Amrofer Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0932998002.
  • Brame, Michael K. (1979). Essays Toward Realistic Syntax. Linguistics research monograph series. Vol. 2. Seattle: Noit Amrofer Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0932998019.
On Shakespeare
  • Brame, Michael K.; Popova, Galina (2002). Shakespeare's Fingerprints. Adonis Editions. ISBN 978-0972038508.
  • Brame, Michael K.; Popova, Galina (2003). Never and Forever. Adonis Editions. ISBN 978-0972038553.
  • Brame, Michael K.; Popova, Galina, eds. (2004). Secret Shakespeare's Adventures of Freeman Jones. Adonis Editions. ISBN 978-0972038515.
  • Brame, Michael K.; Popova, Galina, eds. (2004b). What Thing Is Love?. Adonis Editions. ISBN 978-0972038560.

Selected articles

Recursive categorical syntax
  • Brame, M. (1981). "The general theory of binding and fusion". Linguistic Analysis. Seattle. 7 (3): 277–325.
  • Brame, M. (1982). "The head-selector theory of lexical specifications and the nonexistence of coarse categories". Linguistic Analysis. Seattle. 10 (4): 321–325.
  • Brame, M. (1984). "Universal Word Induction vs Move α". Linguistic Analysis. Seattle. 14 (4): 313–352.
  • Brame, M. (1984). "Recursive categorical syntax and morphology". Linguistic Analysis. Seattle. 14 (4): 265–287.
  • Brame, M. (1985). "Recursive Categorical Syntax II: n-arity and Variable Continuation". Linguistic Analysis. Seattle. 15 (2–3): 137–176.
  • Brame, M. (1987). "Recursive Categorical Syntax III: d-Words, l-Words, and dl-Induction". Linguistic Analysis. Seattle. 17 (3–4): 147–185.

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Brame (2004).
  2. ^ a b c Kim (2010).
  3. ^ "Editors". Linguistic Analysis.
  4. ^ Brame (1970).
  5. ^ Michael Brame at Fulbright Scholar Directory.
  6. ^ Joseph (2003).
  7. ^ Charlton (2010).

Works cited

Further reading

  • Gazdar, G. (1982). "[Review of Base Generated Syntax, by M. K. Brame]". Journal of Linguistics. 18 (2): 464–473. doi:10.1017/S002222670001375X. JSTOR 4175653. S2CID 143920079.
  • Hoeksema, J. (1992). "Alternative Conceptions of Phrase Structure". Journal of Literary Semantics. 21 (1): 74–77. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  • Hoeksema, Jack (2020). "Head-types in morpho-syntax". In Booij, Geert; van Marle, Jaap (eds.). Yearbook of Morphology. Vol. 1. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 123–138. doi:10.1515/9783112329528-008. ISBN 9783112329528.
  • Lambek, Joachim (2012). "Deductive Systems and Categories in Linguistics". In Ohlbach, Hans Jürgen; Reyle, Uwe (eds.). Logic, Language and Reasoning: Essays in Honour of Dov Gabbay. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. pp. 279–294. ISBN 978-9401145749.
  • Ostler, Rosemarie (1992). Theoretical Syntax, 1980-1990: An Annotated and Classified Bibliography. Netherlands: J. Benjamins. ISBN 978-9027237477.
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