Home›Anthropological and Documentary Linguistics›NationalityBrowse ByNationalityNationality groups linguists by the country each one came from. Wikipedia describes Noam Chomsky as "an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic," a nationality that placed him within American academic institutions throughout his career. This dimension shows which countries produced the people behind a given theory or school of thought.FactsNationalitySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonCentury Of OriginWell-attested20 CE 1NationalityFilter Results6 entriesRoleAllAnthropologist / Linguist (2)Linguist (general) (4)Psycholinguist (2)EraAll1858 (1)1884 (1)1897 (1)1910 (1)1922 (1)1926 (1)1927 (1)1932 (1)1934 (1)1942 (1)1951 (1)1957 (2)1960 (1)Language(s) StudiedAllEnglish (1)German (1)Hebrew (1)Hindi (1)Hopi (1)Inuktitut (1)Navajo (1)Thai (1)Influenced ByAllDell Hymes (1)Edward Sapir (1)Franz Boas (1)Noam Chomsky (1)Wilhelm von Humboldt (1)Area (sq km)All9,866,632 (1)CapitalAllBrasília (1)Budapest (1)Canberra (1)London (1)Washington DC (1)Income GroupAllHigh (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1776 (1)LandlockedAllNo (1)PopulationAll340,587,000 (1)Population at PeakAll10,800,000 (1)Start YearAll1000 (1)1776 (1)1801 (1)1822 (1)1901 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6AustraliaNationality1 entryBrazilNationality1 entryHungaryNationality1 entryUnited KingdomNationality1 entryUnited StatesNationality11 entriesUnited StatesNationality1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Language DocumentationWikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead sectionWhile various linguists had already been practising language documentation during the 20th century, the discipline was established as a specific field within linguistics following a 1998 publication by Nikolaus Himmelmann, which many understand as foundational.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.