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Alan Jeffrey `` Jerry '' Nussbaum -LRB- born December 17 , 1947 -RRB- is an American linguist of the Indo-European languages and a classical philologist , best known for his work on the language of the Homeric epics and modern and Proto-Indo-European nominals .. American. United States. Indo-European languages. Indo-European languages. classical philologist. Classics. Homeric epics. Homer. Proto-Indo-European nominals. Proto-Indo-European nominals. He has specialized in nominals ' derivational semantics and morphology -LRB- including that of the `` Caland system '' -RRB- .. semantics. semantics. morphology. morphology ( linguistics ). Caland system. Caland system. He is a professor of Indo-European linguistics , and the Greek and Latin languages at Cornell University .. linguistics. linguistics. Greek. Ancient Greek language. Latin. Latin language. Cornell University. Cornell University. Nussbaum , of Galician Jewish background , was born in New York City and raised in Passaic , New Jersey .. Galician. Galicia ( Eastern Europe ). Jewish. Jewish. New York City. New York City. He received a bachelor 's degree in classics -LRB- 1969 -RRB- from Washington Square College -LRB- New York University -RRB- , a Diploma in Comparative Philology -LRB- 1974 -RRB- from the University of Oxford , and a Ph.D. in linguistics -LRB- 1976 -RRB- from Harvard University .. linguistics. linguistics. Washington Square College. Washington Square College. New York University. New York University. University of Oxford. University of Oxford. Harvard University. Harvard University. After teaching as an instructor , assistant professor , and associate professor at Yale University -LRB- 1975 -- 85 -RRB- , he moved to Cornell as an associate professor -LRB- 1985 -- 97 -RRB- and then as full professor -LRB- 1997 -- present -RRB- of classics and linguistics .. linguistics. linguistics. Yale University. Yale University. Nussbaum was married to philosopher Martha Nussbaum , professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago , until 1987 .. Martha Nussbaum. Martha Nussbaum. University of Chicago. University of Chicago