William G. Moulton

William Gamwell Moulton
Born(1914-02-05)February 5, 1914
Providence, Rhode Island
DiedJune 2, 2000(2000-06-02) (aged 86)
Exeter, New Hampshire
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPrinceton University
OccupationLinguist

William G. Moulton was an American linguist and professor emeritus of linguistics and Germanic languages and literatures of Princeton University.[1][2]

Career and education

Moulton went to Princeton for his undergraduate education and pursued a joint degree in French and German. He was given a bachelor's degree as a Phi Beta Kappa in 1935. He was given a scholarship after graduating from Princeton and went to the University of Berlin to study languages for a year. In 1936, Moulton went to Yale University for graduate study.

In 1940, Leonard Bloomfield visited Yale and supervised Moulton on his dissertation project, Swiss German dialect and Romance patois, and was published the following year in Language.

In 1967, Moulton became the Linguistic Society of America president after serving as its vice president and as a member of its executive committee.[2]

Moulton was given honorary degrees from Middlebury College and the University of Berlin during his career.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Paid Notice: Deaths MOULTON, WILLIAM G." New York Times. June 11, 2000. p. 52.
  2. ^ a b c Louden, Mark (March 2008). "Obituary: William G. Moulton". Language. 84 (1). Linguistic Society of America: 161–169 – via JSTOR.