Talmy Givon
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 88 |
Date of birth | June 22,1936 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Afula |
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Nationality | American |
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Edited works | Syntax: A Functional-Typological Introduction |
Topic Continuity in Disco... | |
Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada |
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ID | 671118 |
Talmy Givon Life story
Thomas Givon is a linguist and writer. He is one of the founders of "West Coast Functionalism", today classified as a usage-based model of language, and of the linguistics department at the University of Oregon. Givón advocates an evolutionary approach to language and communication.