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Bernard Comrie

Historical and Comparative Linguistics

Bernard Sterling Comrie (born 1947) is a British linguist who specializes in linguistic typology, linguistic universals and the Caucasian languages. His research examines patterns across the world's languages, identifying how different languages organize similar grammatical features and contributing significantly to comparative and cross-linguistic analysis; this work has made him a leading figure in the study of linguistic universals, the search for principles of language structure that hold across otherwise unrelated languages.

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Birth Year
1947 1
Role
British linguist specializing in linguistic typology, linguistic universals and Caucasian languages 1
Birth Date
1947-05-23 1
Role
Role (category)
Linguist (general) 1
Role (category)
Typologist 1
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Nationality
United Kingdom 1
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Influenced By

Comrie's Language Universals and Linguistic Typology explicitly adopts and builds on Greenberg's program of language universals and typological correlations.

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1. Wikipedia: Bernard Comrie
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    Bernard Sterling Comrie, (; born 23 May 1947) is a British linguist.
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    Comrie is a specialist in linguistic typology, linguistic universals and on Caucasian languages.
  • Lead section, nationality statement
    is a British linguist.
  • Lead section
    Bernard Sterling Comrie, (; born 23 May 1947) is a British linguist. Comrie is a specialist in linguistic typology, linguistic universals and on Caucasian languages.
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