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Michael K. Brame (January 27, 1944[1] — August 16, 2010[2]) was an American linguist and professor at the University of Washington, and founding editor of the peer-reviewed research journal, Linguistic Analysis.[3] He was known for his theory of recursive categorical syntax. He also co-authored with his wife, Galina Popova, several books on the identity of the writer who used the pseudonym "William Shakespeare".[1]

Early life and education

Michael Brame was born on January 27, 1944 in San Antonio, Texas.[1]

Brame started his study of linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, receiving his BA in 1966.[1] That summer he studied Egyptian Arabic at the American University of Cairo.[1] That fall, Brame began a PhD program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studying under Morris Halle and Noam Chomsky, who was his adviser.[2] He received his PhD in 1970[1] or 1971.[2] His dissertation was titled Arabic Phonology: Implications for Phonological Theory and Historical Semitic.[4]

Brame was a Fulbright scholar (Netherlands, 1973-1974).[5]

Recursive categorical syntax

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Brame developed an algebraic theory of syntax, recursive categorical syntax, also sometimes called algebraic syntax, as an alternative to transformational-generative grammar. It is a type of dependency grammar, and is related to link grammars.

Brame formulated an algebra, (technically a non-associative groupoid with inverses) of lexical items (words and phrases), or lexes for short. A lex is a string representation of a word or idiomatic phrase together with a notation specifying what other word classes can bond with the string and in which order.

Shakespeare's Fingerprints

In 2002, Brame co-authored with his wife Galina Popova a book titled Shakespeare's Fingerprints.[6][1][7] Over the next two years, they would publish three more books on the topic.

Personal life

Brame was married to Galina Popova.[1]

Bibliography

Dissertation

• Brame, M. K. (1970). Arabic phonology: implications for phonological theory and historical Semitic (PDF) (Doctoral dissertation). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2022-02-25.

Books

• Brame, Michael K. (1976). Conjectures and Refutations in Syntax and Semantics. North Holland: Elsevier Science. ISBN 978-0444001856.
• Brame, Michael K. (1978). Base Generated Syntax. Linguistics research monograph series. Vol. 1. Seattle: Noit Amrofer Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0932998002.
• Brame, Michael K. (1979). Essays Toward Realistic Syntax. Linguistics research monograph series. Vol. 2. Seattle: Noit Amrofer Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0932998019.

On Shakespeare

• Brame, Michael K.; Popova, Galina (2002). Shakespeare's Fingerprints. Adonis Editions. ISBN 978-0972038508.
• Brame, Michael K.; Popova, Galina (2003). Never and Forever. Adonis Editions. ISBN 978-0972038553.
• Brame, Michael K.; Popova, Galina, eds. (2004). Secret Shakespeare's Adventures of Freeman Jones. Adonis Editions. ISBN 978-0972038515.
• Brame, Michael K.; Popova, Galina, eds. (2004b). What Thing Is Love?. Adonis Editions. ISBN 978-0972038560.

Selected articles

• Baker, C. L.; Brame, M. K. (March 1972). "'Global rules': a rejoinder". Language. 48 (1): 51–75. doi:10.2307/412490. JSTOR 412490. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
• Brame, M. K. (1974). "The cycle in phonology: stress in Palestinian, Maltese, and Spanish". Linguistic Inquiry. 5 (1): 39–60. JSTOR 4177807. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
• Hust, J. R.; Brame, M. K. (1976). "Jackendoff on interpretive semantics-Review of Semantic Interpretation in Generative Grammar by Jackendoff, R.". Linguistic Analysis. 2 (3): 243–277.
• Brame, M. K. (1977). "Alternatives to the Tensed S and specified subject conditions". Linguistics and Philosophy. 1 (3): 381–411. doi:10.1007/BF00353455. S2CID 62609527.
• Brame, M. (1981). "Trace Theory with Filters vs. Lexically Based Syntax Without". Linguistic Inquiry. 12 (2): 275–293. JSTOR 4178219.

Recursive categorical syntax

• Brame, M. (1981). "The general theory of binding and fusion". Linguistic Analysis. Seattle. 7 (3): 277–325.
• Brame, M. (1982). "The head-selector theory of lexical specifications and the nonexistence of coarse categories". Linguistic Analysis. Seattle. 10 (4): 321–325.
• Brame, M. (1984). "Universal Word Induction vs Move α". Linguistic Analysis. Seattle. 14 (4): 313–352.
• Brame, M. (1984). "Recursive categorical syntax and morphology". Linguistic Analysis. Seattle. 14 (4): 265–287.
• Brame, M. (1985). "Recursive Categorical Syntax II: n-arity and Variable Continuation". Linguistic Analysis. Seattle. 15 (2–3): 137–176.
• Brame, M. (1987). "Recursive Categorical Syntax III: d-Words, l-Words, and dl-Induction". Linguistic Analysis. Seattle. 17 (3–4): 147–185.

See also

• English clause syntax – Clauses in English grammar
• Generative semantics – Research program in theoretical linguistics
• Phrase structure grammar – Type of grammar based on constituent entities
• Verbless clause – Generative grammar

References

Citations

Works cited

• Brame, Michael (October 2004). "Faculty Focus" (PDF). UW Linguistics Department Newsletter. Vol. 3, no. 1. p. 4.
• Charlton, Derran (August 22, 2010). "Derran Charlton's Tribute to Professor Michael Brame". Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
• Joseph, Nancy (July 1, 2003). "Analyzing "Fingerprints" in Shakespeare's Writing". Perspectives. University of Washington. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
• Kim, Soowon (September 5, 2010). "Obituary: Michael K. Brame". LINGUIST List. Vol. 21.

Further reading

• Gazdar, G. (1982). "[Review of Base Generated Syntax, by M. K. Brame]". Journal of Linguistics. 18 (2): 464–473. doi:10.1017/S002222670001375X. JSTOR 4175653. S2CID 143920079.
• Hoeksema, J. (1992). "Alternative Conceptions of Phrase Structure". Journal of Literary Semantics. 21 (1): 74–77. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
• Hoeksema, Jack (2020). "Head-types in morpho-syntax". In Booij, Geert; van Marle, Jaap (eds.). Yearbook of Morphology. Vol. 1. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 123–138. doi:10.1515/9783112329528-008. ISBN 9783112329528.
• Lambek, Joachim (2012). "Deductive Systems and Categories in Linguistics". In Ohlbach, Hans Jürgen; Reyle, Uwe (eds.). Logic, Language and Reasoning: Essays in Honour of Dov Gabbay. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. pp. 279–294. ISBN 978-9401145749.
• Ostler, Rosemarie (1992). Theoretical Syntax, 1980-1990: An Annotated and Classified Bibliography. Netherlands: J. Benjamins. ISBN 978-9027237477.

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