Tim Stowell

{{Short description|Linguist and academic administrator}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox academic | name = Tim Stowell | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954}} | birth_place = Ottawa | spouse = | education = Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) | thesis_title = | thesis_year = | discipline = Linguistics | sub_discipline = | workplaces = University of California, Los Angeles }}

'''Tim Stowell''' is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles.<ref>[https://linguistics.ucla.edu/person/tim-stowell/] UCLA Linguistics Department webpage, Tim Stowell</ref> Prior to his retirement, he served as Dean of the Humanities Division.<ref>[https://humanities.ucla.edu/about-us/deans-office-staff/] UCLA Humanities Dean webpage</ref>

== Education and career == Stowell was born in Ottawa in 1954.<ref>[https://nias.knaw.nl/fellow/stowell-t-a/] Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Fellows page, Stowell, T.A.</ref> He earned his PhD in linguistics at MIT in 1981 and was a fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study during the academic year 1996–1997.<ref>[https://nias.knaw.nl/fellow/stowell-t-a/] Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Fellows page, Stowell, T.A.</ref>

== Research ==

Stowell works on generative syntax, and is best known for his postulation of small clauses.

== Selected publications ==

* Stowell, Timothy A. 1981. Origins of phrase structure (Thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/15626.

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== External links== * [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qeUgXfAAAAAJ&hl=en Tim Stowell's Google Scholar Page] * [https://linguistics.ucla.edu/person/tim-stowell/ Tim Stowell's academic webpage]

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