Mark Hale is an American

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Ling ...

professor now teaching at

Concordia University Concordia University (French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of th ...

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

, Quebec, Canada. He studies the methodology of

historical linguistics Historical linguistics, also termed diachronic linguistics, is the scientific study of language change over time. Principal concerns of historical linguistics include: # to describe and account for observed changes in particular languages # ...

as well as

theoretical linguistics Theoretical linguistics is a term in linguistics which, like the related term general linguistics, can be understood in different ways. Both can be taken as a reference to theory of language, or the branch of linguistics which inquires into the ...

Indo-European The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent. Some European languages of this family, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Dutc ...

and Austronesian linguistics. He is a prominent figure in these fields. He has published numerous scholarly article

and book

on his research. Along with colleague

Charles Reiss Charles Reiss ( ) is an American linguistics professor teaching at Concordia University in Montreal. His contributions to linguistics have been in the area of phonology, historical linguistics Historical linguistics, also termed diachron ...

, he is a proponent of substance-free phonology, the idea that phonetic substance is inaccessible to phonological computation.

Selected publications

Hale, M. (2007), Historical linguistics: Theory and method, Oxford, Blackwell Hale, M., & Reiss, C. (2008
The Phonological Enterprise
Oxford: Oxford University PressKim, Yuni (2011
Review of M. Hale & C. Reiss (2008), The Phonological Enterprise. Phonology 28(2): 283-289
Hale, M., Kissock, M., & Reiss, C. (2014) An I-Language Approach to Phonologization and Lexification. Chapter 20. ''The Oxford Handbook of Historical Phonology.'' Edited by Patrick Honeybone and Joseph Salmons Hale, M. (1998). Diachronic syntax. ''Syntax'', 1(1), 1-18. Hale, M.,(2004) Neogrammarian Sound Change, Chapter 7 in ''The Handbook of Historical Linguistics'', Edited by: Brian D. Joseph and Richard D. Janda, Blackwell Mark Hale & Charles Reiss (2000) Substance abuse and dysfunctionalism: Current trends in phonology. ''Linguistic Inquiry'' 31: 157–169.

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