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Donna Jo Napoli (born February 28, 1948) is an author
Author

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 of children's and young adult books, as well as a prominent linguist who has worked in syntax
Syntax

In linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing Sentence s in natural languages. In addition to referring to the discipline, the term syntax is also used to refer directly to the rules and principles that govern the sentence structure of any individual language, as in "the Irish syntax"....
, phonetics
Phonetics

Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds , and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception....
, phonology
Phonology

Phonology is the systematic use of sound to encode meaning in any spoken human language, or the field of linguistics studying this use. Just as a language has syntax and vocabulary, it also has a phonology in the sense of a sound system....
, morphology
Morphology (linguistics)

Morphology is the identification, analysis and description of structure of words . While words are generally accepted as being the smallest units of syntax, it is clear that in most languages, words can be related to other words by rules....
, historical and comparative linguistics
Linguistics

Linguistics is the science study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure and the study of Meaning ....
, Romance studies
Romance languages

The Romance languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages comprising all the languages that descend from Latin language, the language of ancient Rome....
, structure of Japanese
Japanese language

IPA: [n?iho?go] is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages....
, structure of American Sign Language
American Sign Language

American Sign Language is the dominant sign language of the Deaf community in the United States, in the anglophone parts of Canada, and in parts of Mexico....
, poetics
Poetics

Aristotle's Poetics aims to give an account of what he calls 'poetry' . Aristotle attempts to explain 'poetry' through 'first principles' and by discerning its different genres and component elements....
, writing for ESL
ESL

ESL is a common abbreviation for English as a Second Language, see English language learning and teaching.ESL may also refer to:...
 students, and mathematical and linguistic analysis of folk dance
Folk dance

File:Mugham Festival 2008.jpgFolk dance is a term used to describe a large number of dances, mostly of European origin, that tend to share the following attributes:...
.

She has taught linguistics
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 at Smith College
Smith College

Smith College is a Private university, Independent school Women's colleges in the United States Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Northampton, Massachusetts....
, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public university research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States....
, Georgetown University
Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a Society of Jesus private university located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Father John Carroll founded the school in 1789, though its roots extend back to 1634....
, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and is currently a professor
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 of linguistics
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 at Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College

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.

Born the youngest of four children in Miami, February 28, 1948, Napoli received both her B.A.






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Donna Jo Napoli (born February 28, 1948) is an author
Author

An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....
 of children's and young adult books, as well as a prominent linguist who has worked in syntax
Syntax

In linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing Sentence s in natural languages. In addition to referring to the discipline, the term syntax is also used to refer directly to the rules and principles that govern the sentence structure of any individual language, as in "the Irish syntax"....
, phonetics
Phonetics

Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds , and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception....
, phonology
Phonology

Phonology is the systematic use of sound to encode meaning in any spoken human language, or the field of linguistics studying this use. Just as a language has syntax and vocabulary, it also has a phonology in the sense of a sound system....
, morphology
Morphology (linguistics)

Morphology is the identification, analysis and description of structure of words . While words are generally accepted as being the smallest units of syntax, it is clear that in most languages, words can be related to other words by rules....
, historical and comparative linguistics
Linguistics

Linguistics is the science study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure and the study of Meaning ....
, Romance studies
Romance languages

The Romance languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages comprising all the languages that descend from Latin language, the language of ancient Rome....
, structure of Japanese
Japanese language

IPA: [n?iho?go] is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages....
, structure of American Sign Language
American Sign Language

American Sign Language is the dominant sign language of the Deaf community in the United States, in the anglophone parts of Canada, and in parts of Mexico....
, poetics
Poetics

Aristotle's Poetics aims to give an account of what he calls 'poetry' . Aristotle attempts to explain 'poetry' through 'first principles' and by discerning its different genres and component elements....
, writing for ESL
ESL

ESL is a common abbreviation for English as a Second Language, see English language learning and teaching.ESL may also refer to:...
 students, and mathematical and linguistic analysis of folk dance
Folk dance

File:Mugham Festival 2008.jpgFolk dance is a term used to describe a large number of dances, mostly of European origin, that tend to share the following attributes:...
.

She has taught linguistics
Linguistics

Linguistics is the science study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure and the study of Meaning ....
 at Smith College
Smith College

Smith College is a Private university, Independent school Women's colleges in the United States Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Northampton, Massachusetts....
, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public university research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States....
, Georgetown University
Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a Society of Jesus private university located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Father John Carroll founded the school in 1789, though its roots extend back to 1634....
, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and is currently a professor
Professor

The meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the Academic department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual....
 of linguistics
Linguistics

Linguistics is the science study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure and the study of Meaning ....
 at Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College is a Private school, Independent school, Liberal arts colleges in the United States in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students....
.

Born the youngest of four children in Miami, February 28, 1948, Napoli received both her B.A. (mathematics
Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
, 1970) and Ph.D. (General and Romance Linguistics, 1973) from Harvard, before a postdoctoral fellowship in linguistics at M.I.T. Napoli has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Italy.

Her children's books, listed below, have been translated into Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Persian, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and will be in Portuguese and Thai. Many of her children's books are re-tellings of fairy tale
Fairy tale

A fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature folklore characters such as Fairy, goblins, Elf, trolls, giant , and talking animals, and usually enchanted, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events....
s, including The Magic Circle, Crazy Jack, Spinners, Zel, Bound, and Beast. Other children's stories are historical fiction based in Italy, including Daughter of Venice and For the Love of Venice.

Her publications in linguistics include Syntactic argumentation (with Emily Rando). (Washington, DC: Georgetown Univ. Press, 1979), Syntax: Theory and Problems (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1993), and Linguistics: Theory and Problems (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1996), with dozens of articles in the scholarly journals. She is a former editor of the premiere journal Language. Napoli has won numerous awards for her work, including the Golden Kite Award given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (for Stones in Water) and the Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award (for North).

Bibliography

oung Adult Novels

  • The Magic Circle
    The Magic Circle

    The Magic Circle is a United Kingdom organisation dedicated to magic . Its headquarters are in London, and professional Magician who wish to join need to have known two members for a sufficient period of time ....
    , published 1995
  • Zel, published 1998
  • Song of the Magdalene, published 1998
  • Stones in Water
    Stones in Water

    Stones in Water is a 1999 Young Adult novel written by Donna Jo Napoli. It is set during WWII and tells the story of two Italian boys, one who's Jewish, who are sent to a work camp....
    , published 1999
  • For the Love of Venice, published 2000
  • Sirena
    Sirena

    Sirena: Poetry, Art and Criticism is an international and multilingual academic journal of poetry and art, founded in 2004 by Dr. Jorge R. Sagastume, from Dickinson College....
    , published 2000
  • Spinners
    Spinners

    Spinners can refer to:* The Spinners , an American R&B/soul group active from 1957 to the present* The Spinners , a British folk group active from 1959 to 1989...
    , published 2001
  • Crazy Jack, published 2001
  • Beast
    Beast

    A beast is a somewhat antiquated term for an animal, especially a four-legged mammal.Beast or beasts may also refer to:...
    , published 2002
  • Daughter of Venice, published 2003
  • Three Days
    Three Days

    Three Days is a 1997 feature film drama written and directed by Adrian Fulle. When Andrew's mother unexpectedly dies in a plane crash, his family and long lost friends gather for the three days surrounding the funeral and turn his life inside out....
    , published 2003
  • The Great God Pan
    The Great God Pan

    The Great God Pan is a novella written by Arthur Machen. The original story was published in 1890 in literature, and Machen revised and extended it in 1894....
    , published 2005
  • Breath, published 2005
  • North
    North

    North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the fundamental direction:...
    , published 2004
  • Fire in the Hills, published 2006
  • Bound
    Bound

    Bound may refer to:*Upper and lower bounds, observed limits of mathematical functions*Terms or bounds, segments of each astrological sign that are said to have different ruling planets...
    , published 2006
  • The King of Mulberry Street, published 2007
  • Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale, published 2007
  • The Smile, published 2008
  • Alligator Bayou, published 2009


External links

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  • Phillips, Scott. , Sept. 19, 2006.