Leonard Bloomfield
Leonard Bloomfield · Philosophy & Social Sciences
American linguist, founder of structural linguistics and author of the landmark 1933 book 'Language'.
1887, Chicago, Illinois, United States — 1949, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
United States
Leonard Bloomfield is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — American linguist, founder of structural linguistics and author of the landmark 1933 book 'Language'.
Bloomfield founded American structural linguistics and set the discipline on a rigorous, scientific footing with his landmark 1933 textbook 'Language', which shaped generations of linguists. He came from an Ashkenazi Jewish family; his uncle Maurice Bloomfield was a noted Sanskrit scholar. His work made the systematic, evidence-based analysis of language sounds and structure central to the field.
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American linguist, founder of structural linguistics and author of the landmark 1933 book 'Language'.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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