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The ultimate goal is a comprehensive classification of what is very likely a single language family. The implications of such a classification for the origin and history of our species would, of course, be very great.

Joseph Greenberg

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Joseph Greenberg

Joseph Greenberg

Born: May 28, 1915
Died: May 7, 2001 (aged 85)
Bio: Joseph Harold Greenberg was an American linguist, principally known for his work in two areas, linguistic typology and the genetic classification of languages.
Known for:
  1. The theory of social situations (1990)

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