Philip Lieberman
Philip Lieberman | |
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| Born | 25 October 1934 |
| Died | 12 July 2022 (aged 87) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Brown University |
Philip Lieberman (October 25, 1934 – July 12, 2022) was a cognitive scientist at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Originally trained in phonetics, he wrote a dissertation on intonation. His career focused on topics in the evolution of language, and particularly the relationship between the evolution of the vocal tract, the human brain, and the evolution of speech, cognition and language.