Uriel Weinreich
Uriel Weinreich · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Linguist, author of 'Languages in Contact' and scholar of Yiddish and sociolinguistics.
1926, Vilnius, Lithuania — 1967, New York City, USA
Lithuania · United States
Uriel Weinreich is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Linguist, author of 'Languages in Contact' and scholar of Yiddish and sociolinguistics.
Uriel Weinreich was a Jewish-American linguist and Columbia University professor whose 1953 book 'Languages in Contact' founded the modern study of bilingualism and language contact, and who was a pioneer of sociolinguistics and semantic theory. Son of the great Yiddish scholar Max Weinreich, he was also a leading Yiddishist who launched the monumental 'Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language'. His Jewish heritage and devotion to Yiddish scholarship were central to his life and work.
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Linguist, author of 'Languages in Contact' and scholar of Yiddish and sociolinguistics.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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