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Émile Benveniste
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French linguist (1902–1976)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1902-05-27 ) 27 May 1902, Aleppo , Ottoman Empire , (modern-day Syria)
- Died
- 3 October 1976 (1976-10-03) (aged 74), Versailles , France
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Émile
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Aleppo
- Place of death
- Versailles
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Employer
- École pratique des hautes études
- Languages spoken
- French
- Award
- Volney Prize
- Student of
- Antoine Meillet
- Field of work
- linguistics
- Work location
- Paris
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- date of birth
- 1902-05-27
- date of death
- 1976-10-03
- member of
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- Émile Benveniste
- archives at
- Collège de France
- writing language
- French
- interested in
- Indo-European
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Encyclopedic overview
Émile Benveniste ( French: [emil bɛ̃venist]; 27 May 1902 – 3 October 1976) was an Ottoman-born French structural linguist and semiotician. He is best known for his work on Indo-European languages and his critical reformulation of the linguistic paradigm established by Ferdinand de Saussure.
Biography
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