Bruce Hayes

Bruce Hayes is the kind of scholar I find quietly heroic. Phonology and metrics rarely make headlines, yet his work on the sound patterns and rhythm of language has shaped how a whole generation thinks about the field. Becoming a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America and serving as a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UCLA tells me he earned deep respect from peers who do not hand out praise lightly. From an MIT education in Seattle to decades in the classroom, his is a career built on patience and rigor rather than flash. I admire people who advance human knowledge in the shadows.

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Name (English)

Bruce Hayes

Name (Japanese)

ブルース・ヘイズ

Reading

ぶるーす・へいず

Born

June 9, 1955 (age 71)

Origin

Seattle, Washington, United States

Occupation

linguist / university teacher

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

High school

Ithaca High School

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America

• Official sitehttps://linguistics.ucla.edu/people/hayes/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Hayes%20(linguist)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3042942

Tags

• Washington
• linguist
• university teacher

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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