Michael Noonan (linguist)

Michael Noonan (September 12, 1947 – February 23, 2009),^[1] was an American linguist specializing in functional and typological linguistics. He graduated from UCLA with a PhD in Linguistics in 1981.^[2] He specialized in particular in Tibeto-Burman, Nilotic (Lango languages, the Chantyal language, and the Nar Phu language.^[3]

Michael Paul "Mickey" Noonan
Born	(1947-09-14)September 14, 1947 Auburn, New York, U.S.
Died	February 23, 2009(2009-02-23) (aged 59)
Alma mater	UCLA
Known for	Tibeto-Burman languages Documentary linguistics Nilotic languages
Scientific career
Fields	Linguistics
Institutions	SUNY Buffalo CSULA University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

References

1. Moravcsik, E.A. (2009). "Describe everything! Grammar writer for a grammar-reading audience: In remembrance of Mickey Noonan". Linguistic Typology. 13 (2): 353–356. doi:10.1515/LITY.2009.018.
2. Genetti, Carol (2009-02-27). "Obituary: Michael Noonan". Linguist List 20.619. Linguist List. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
3. "Linguist List - Personal Directory Information". Archived from the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved 2012-04-10.