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MIT Press Reader 5/14/2026

Paying My Respects to a Linguistic Virtuoso

By Samuel Jay Keyser • 1 min read
Culture

Notes on Kenneth Hale, the Brahma-bull-riding theoretical linguist who spoke 50 languages.

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