Michael Noonan (linguist)

Michael Paul "Mickey" Noonan
Born September 14, 1947
Auburn, New York
Died February 23, 2009 (aged 59)
Citizenship American
Fields Linguistics
Institutions SUNY Buffalo
CSULA
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Alma mater UCLA
Known for Tibeto-Burman languages
Documentary linguistics
Nilotic languages

Michael Noonan (linguist) (September 12, 1947–February 23, 2009),[1] was an American linguist specializing in functional and typological linguistics.

He graduated from UCLA with a PhD in Linguistics in 1981.[2]

He specialized in particular in Tibeto-Burman, Nilotic (Lango language), the Chantyal language, and the Nar Phu language.[3]

References

  1. Moravcsik, E.A. (2009). "Describe everything! Grammar writer for a grammar-reading audience: In remembrance of Mickey Noonan". Linguistic Typology 13: 353–356. doi:10.1515/LITY.2009.018.
  2. Genetti, Carol. "Obituary: Michael Noonan". Linguist List 20.619. Linguist List. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. "Linguist List - Personal Directory Information". Retrieved 2012-04-10.