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Alexander Potebnja

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Gender Male
Death133 years ago
Date of birth September 22,1835
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Romny
Ukraine
Date of died December 11,1891
DiedKharkiv
Ukraine
Influenced Lev Vygotsky
BooksIz Zapisok PO Russkoj Grammatike
Influenced by Wilhelm von Humboldt
Johann Gottfried Herder
Job Philosopher
Education Kharkiv National University
Awards Lomonosov Prize
Constantin Medal
Influenc Lev Vygotsky
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Alexander Potebnja Life story


Alexander Potebnja was a linguist, philosopher and panslavist of Ukrainian Cossack descent, who was a professor of linguistics at the Imperial University of Kharkiv. He is well known as a specialist in the evolution of Russian phonetics.

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