Charles F. Hockett
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Charles Francis Hockett (January 17, 1916 – November 3, 2000) was an American linguist who developed many influential ideas in American structuralist linguistics. He represents the post-Bloomfieldian phase of structuralism often referred to as "distributionalism" or "taxonomic structuralism". His academic career spanned over half a century at Cornell and Rice universities. Hockett was also a firm believer of linguistics as a branch of anthropology, making contributions that were significant to the field of anthropology as well.
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Born | Charles Francis Hockett (1916-01-17)January 17, 1916 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | November 3, 2000(2000-11-03) (aged 84) Ithaca, New York, U.S. |
Spouse | Shirley Orlinoff |
Children | 5 |
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Thesis | The Potawatomi Language: A Descriptive Grammar (1939) |
Influences | Leonard Bloomfield |
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Discipline | Linguist |
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