Stanley Starosta

Stanley Starosta
Born(1939-11-28)November 28, 1939
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, US
DiedJuly 18, 2002(2002-07-18) (aged 62)
Honolulu, Hawaii, US
OccupationLinguist
TitleProfessor of Linguistics
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
Academic work
DisciplineLinguistics
Sub-disciplineMorphology, historical linguistics
InstitutionsUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Main interestsAustronesian languages, languages of South Asia, dependency grammar
Notable worksThe case for Lexicase (1988)
Notable ideasLexicase, East Asian languages hypothesis

Stanley Starosta (born November 28, 1939, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin; died July 18, 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii), also known as Stan Starosta, was an American linguist. He is known for proposing Lexicase theory and the East Asian languages macrophylum hypothesis.[1]

  1. ^ Bender, Byron Wilbur (2002). "In Memoriam, Stanley Starosta 1939-2002". Oceanic Linguistics. 41 (2). Project MUSE: 255–274. doi:10.1353/ol.2002.0002. ISSN 1527-9421.