Emile Benveniste
Emile Benveniste · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Structural linguist known for major work on Indo-European languages and theory of enunciation
1902, Aleppo, Ottoman Syria — 1976, Versailles, France
Syria · France
Emile Benveniste is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Structural linguist known for major work on Indo-European languages and theory of enunciation
Benveniste was one of the great structural linguists, author of major studies of Indo-European institutions and vocabulary and of a theory of 'enunciation' analysing how speakers inscribe themselves in language. He held the chair of comparative grammar at the Collège de France. He was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Aleppo.
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Structural linguist known for major work on Indo-European languages and theory of enunciation
Source: Britannica
