Morris Swadesh
Morris Swadesh · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Linguist who created lexicostatistics, glottochronology and the Swadesh word list.
1909, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA — 1967, Mexico City, Mexico
United States · Mexico
Morris Swadesh is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Linguist who created lexicostatistics, glottochronology and the Swadesh word list.
Swadesh revolutionized historical linguistics by developing lexicostatistics and glottochronology and by compiling the Swadesh list of core vocabulary used to estimate how long ago related languages diverged. He documented many indigenous languages of the Americas. He was Jewish, born to Bessarabian Jewish immigrant parents.
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Linguist who created lexicostatistics, glottochronology and the Swadesh word list.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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