{"id":16791,"date":"2024-11-25T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/?p=16791"},"modified":"2024-12-29T21:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T02:03:12","slug":"james-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/2024\/11\/25\/james-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"
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MIT Linguistics mourns the passing of our colleague Jim Harris<\/strong>, well-known to generations of MIT students over three decades for his wisdom and insight into the morphology, phonology, and syntax of Spanish (and Catalan) \u0097 and thus into language itself. Sad news for the field and for our community. \u00a0His long-time colleague Jay Keyser writes of his work \u0097<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I remember Jim most of all for being the consummate scholar.\u00a0 His articles were models of argumentation.\u00a0 They were assembled with all the precision of an Inca wall and all the beauty of a Faberge Egg.\u00a0 You couldn\u0092t slip a credit card through any of its arguments, they were so superbly sculpted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u0097 part of a moving tribute that you can read here: \u00a0https:\/\/linguistics.mit.edu\/jharris\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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MIT News describes his life and career as both a researcher and a passionate advocate for the Spanish language at MIT here: https:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2024\/professor-emeritus-james-harris-dies-1125<\/a>. \u00a0Our deep condolences to his daughter Lynn and her family on their loss \u0097 their loss and ours.<\/div>\n
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