Winfred P. Lehmann
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Winfred Philip Lehmann (June 23, 1916 – August 1, 2007) was an American linguist who specialized in historical, Germanic, and Indo-European linguistics. He was for many years a professor and head of departments for linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, and served as president of both the Linguistic Society of America and the Modern Language Association. Lehmann was also a pioneer in machine translation. He lectured a large number of future scholars at Austin, and was the author of several influential works on linguistics.
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Winfred P. Lehmann | |
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Born | (1916-06-23)June 23, 1916 |
Died | August 1, 2007(2007-08-01) (aged 91) Austin, Texas, US |
Nationality | American |
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Ruth Preston Miller
(m. 1940, died) |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1987) |
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Alma mater | University of Wisconsin |
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Discipline | Linguistics |
Sub-discipline | Historical linguistics |
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Notable ideas | OV / VO dichotomy, Fundamental Principle of Placement (FPP) |
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