Michael John Kenstowicz (born August 18, 1945) is an American linguist and professor of linguistics at MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. He is best known for his works on phonetics and phonology. His book Phonology in Generative Grammar is a coursebook taught across the world in phonology courses. He is an editor of Natural Language & Linguistic Theory since 1987.
Books
Phonology in Generative Grammar, Blackwell Publications 1994
Generative Phonology: Description and Theory, with Charles Kisseberth, Academic Press 1979 Topics in Phonological Theory, with Charles Kisseberth, Academic Press 1977