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Joseph Greenberg
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American linguist
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Joseph Greenberg (1915–2001) was an American anthropologist, linguist, and university teacher. Born in Brooklyn, he studied at Northwestern University, Columbia University, and Yale University, with Melville J. Herskovits serving as his doctoral advisor. He also studied under Franz Boas. Greenberg worked as a professor at Columbia University and Stanford University, where he died of pancreatic cancer.
His field of work was linguistics, and he participated in World War II. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. Greenberg received a Guggenheim Fellowship and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Notable works include *Genetic Linguistics*, *Language Universals*, and *The Influence Of Islam On The Sudanese Religion, a historical and analytic overview*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- The Influence Of Islam On The Sudanese Religion
- a historical and analytic overview
- The influennce of islam on a sudansese religion
- Genetic Linguistics
- Language Universals
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1954-04-18
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 4
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 422
- Cited by
- 19,204
Research areas
Most cited works
- Some Universals of Grammar with Particular Reference to the Order of Meaningful Elements1963 · 2,696 cit
- Universals of Human Language1978 · 1,808 cit
- Universals of Language1964 · 854 cit
- Language Universals: With Special Reference to Feature Hierarchies1966 · 759 cit
- Current Trends in Linguistics1959 · 688 cit
via OpenAlex · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- You Only Look Once: Unified, Real-Time Object Detection
· 2016 · cited 40,202x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,455x
- Naturalistic inquiry
· 1985 · cited 34,725x
- When to use and how to report the results of PLS-SEM
· 2019 · cited 21,451x
- CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON PHYLOGENIES: AN APPROACH USING THE BOOTSTRAP
· 1985 · cited 19,717x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Joseph Harold Greenberg , ( 1915-05-28 ) May 28, 1915, Brooklyn, New York , U.S.
- Died
- May 7, 2001 (2001-05-07) (aged 85), Stanford, California , U.S.
- Spouse
- Selma Berkowitz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1943 )
- Awards
- Haile Selassie I Prize for African Research (1967) Talcott Parsons Prize for Social Science (1997)
- Education
- Columbia College Northwestern University Yale University
- Doctoral advisor
- Melville J. Herskovits
- Discipline
- Linguist
- Institutions
- University of Minnesota Columbia University Stanford University
- Doctoral students
- George W. Grace
- Main interests
- Linguistic typology Genetic classification of languages Amerind languages
- Influenced
- Merritt Ruhlen
via Wikipedia infobox
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Joseph Harold Greenberg (May 28, 1915 – May 7, 2001) was an American linguist, known mainly for his work concerning linguistic typology and the genetic classification of languages.
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