Linda Lombardi Explained

Linda Lombardi
Website:	http://www.lindalombardi.com/
Alma Mater:	University of Massachusetts Amherst (PhD)
Thesis Title:	Laryngeal features and laryngeal neutralization
Thesis Url:	https://www.proquest.com/docview/303940709
Thesis Year:	1991
Doctoral Advisor:	John McCarthy
Discipline:	linguistics
Sub Discipline:	phonology
Workplaces:	University of Maryland, College Park

Linda Lombardi is an American writer and editor specializing in animals.Lombardi worked as an academic linguist at the University of Maryland, College Park and was known for her works on phonology and optimality theory^{[1] [2]} until she quit her tenured job to become an animal keeper.^{[3] [4]}

Books

Animals

• The Pit Bull Life, co-authored with Deirdre Franklin, Countryman Press 2016
• The Lemur's Cry, Wombatarama 2014
• The Sloth's Eye, Five Star Mysteries 2012
• Animals Behaving Badly: Boozing Bees, Cheating Chimps, Dogs with Guns, and Other Beastly True Tales, Penguin/Perigee 2011

Linguistics

• Laryngeal Features and Laryngeal Neutralization, Garland 1994 (Routledge 2018)
• Segmental Phonology in Optimality Theory, Cambridge University Press 2001

External links

• Personal website

Notes and References

1. Kim-Renaud . Young-Key . Review of Laryngeal Features and Laryngeal Neutralization . Language . 1997 . 73 . 2 . 411–416 . 10.2307/416037 . 416037 . 0097-8507.
2. Nevins . Andrew . Segmental Phonology in Optimality Theory (review) . Language . 2003 . 79 . 4 . 811–812 . 10.1353/lan.2003.0259 . 210072861 . 1535-0665.
3. linguistics, animals, and writing – Linda Lombardi . Career Linguist . 2015-12-29 . en.
4. Web site: College Professor Turned Zookeeper: 10 Questions For Linda Lombardi Women's Voices For Change . womensvoicesforchange.org . 2011-10-08.