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Professor Barbara Partee FBA

Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2018
Subjects
Linguistics
Sections
Linguistics and Philology
Website
https://www.umass.edu/linguistics/member/barbara-partee

Current post

Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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