Morris Halle

Morris Halle (1923–2018) was a Latvian-born American linguist, university teacher, computer scientist, and slavist. He was born in Liepāja and died in Cambridge. Halle held citizenship in Latvia and the United States. He spoke English, German, Russian, and Hebrew. His academic degrees included a Doctor of Philosophy. He was educated at Harvard University, Columbia University, and the University of Chicago.

Halle worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. His doctoral advisor was Roman Jakobson. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship. His fields of work included phonology, morphology, generative grammar, and linguistics. His doctoral students were Paul Kiparsky and Bruce Hayes.

Halle authored 28 works. Notable titles include *Podstawy języka*, *The Russian consonants*, *Grundlagen der Sprache*, *Problemas de fonología*, and *The Sound Pattern of English*. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.