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Israeli linguist (born 1936)

Thomas Givon (born 22 June 1936), also known as Talmy Givón,^[1][2][3] is an Israeli linguist and writer. He is one of the founders of "West Coast Functionalism",^[4] today classified as a usage-based model of language, and of the linguistics department at the University of Oregon.

Discourse and Syntax: Syntax and Semantics -

Givón advocates an evolutionary approach to language and communication.

Education

Givón earned his bachelor of science degree cum laude in agriculture from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1959.^[3] Attending UCLA, he received a Master of Science degree in horticulture in 1962, a C.Phil in Plant Biochemistry, a Master of Arts degree in linguistics in 1966, and a PhD in linguistics in 1969, as well as an TESL certificate in 1965.

Career

In 1966 Givón worked for System Development Corporation as a research associate in lexicography. The following year he went to University of Zambia where he resea Syntax : a functional-typological introduction. 1 : Givón ... KYXU