André Martinet
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1908 – 1999
Who was André Martinet?
André Martinet was a French linguist, influential by his work on structural linguistics.
Martinet agrégated in English and received his doctorate after submitting, as is traditional in France, two theses: La gémination consonantique d'origine expressive dans les langues germaniques and La phonologie du mot en danois. From 1938 to 1946 he was a director of studies of the École pratique des hautes études. Following World War II he moved to New York, where he was to remain until 1955.
During his time in New York Martinet directed the International Auxiliary Language Association and taught at Columbia University, where he served as chair of the department from 1947 to 1955. Also, during this time, he became editor of Word, a linguistics journal. In 1955 he returned to his position at École Pratique des Hautes Études and took up a chair in general linguistics at the Sorbonne, and then Paris V. He continued to be active professionally, serving as president of the European Linguistic Society and founding both the Society for Functional Linguistics and the journal La Linguistique.
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- Born
- Apr 12, 1908
France - Also known as
- Andre Martinet
- Died
- Jul 16, 1999
Châtenay-Malabry
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on July 23, 2013
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