Zellig Harris

Zellig Sabbetai Harris (October 23, 1909 - May 22, 1992) was an American linguist. Originally a Semiticist, he is best known for his work in structural linguistics and discourse analysis.

Works

Some of his works include:

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• Origin of the Alphabet (M.A. thesis, 1932)
• A Grammar of the Phoenician Language (Ph.D. dissertation, 1936)
• Development of the Canaanite Dialects: An investigation in linguistic history (1939)
• Methods in Structural Linguistics (1951)
• String Analysis of Sentence Structure (1962)
• Mathematical Structures of Language (1968)
• Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics (1970)
• Notes du Cours de Syntax (1976) (in French)
• A Grammar of English on Mathematical Principles (1982)
• Language and Information (1988) (ISBN 0231066627)
• The Form of Information in Science: Analysis of an immunology sublanguage (1989) (ISBN 9027725160)
• A Theory of Language and Information: A mathematical approach (1991) (ISBN 0198242247)
• The Transformation of Capitalist Society (1997) (ISBN 0847684121)