Dell Hymes
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Dell Hymes was an American linguist, anthropologist, and folklorist best known for founding the field of ethnography of communication and advancing sociolinguistics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dell Hymes canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1264690 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dell Hymes Context triple: [Edward Sapir, influenced, Dell Hymes]
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A.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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B.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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C.
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir was a pioneering American anthropologist-linguist whose work on language, culture, and cognition helped lay the foundations of modern linguistics and linguistic anthropology.
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D.
John R. Rickford
John R. Rickford is a prominent sociolinguist known for his influential work on varieties of English, especially African American Vernacular English and other ethnic dialects in the United States.
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E.
Gregory Bateson
Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, and cyberneticist known for his work on systems theory, communication, and the ecology of mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dell Hymes Target entity description: Dell Hymes was an American linguist, anthropologist, and folklorist best known for founding the field of ethnography of communication and advancing sociolinguistics.
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A.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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B.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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C.
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir was a pioneering American anthropologist-linguist whose work on language, culture, and cognition helped lay the foundations of modern linguistics and linguistic anthropology.
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D.
John R. Rickford
John R. Rickford is a prominent sociolinguist known for his influential work on varieties of English, especially African American Vernacular English and other ethnic dialects in the United States.
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E.
Gregory Bateson
Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, and cyberneticist known for his work on systems theory, communication, and the ecology of mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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folklorist ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ sociolinguist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor’s degree
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PhD in linguistics ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-06-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-11-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Indiana University
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surface form:
Indiana University Bloomington
Reed College ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard University
ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ University of Virginia ⓘ |
| familyName | Hymes ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology
ⓘ
ethnography of communication ⓘ folklore studies ⓘ linguistics ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| givenName | Dell ⓘ |
| influenced |
discourse analysis
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language education theory ⓘ sociolinguistic theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advancing sociolinguistics
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ethnopoetics ⓘ founding the field of ethnography of communication ⓘ work on communicative competence ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Anthropological Association
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Linguistic Society of America ⓘ |
| name | Dell Hathaway Hymes ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ethnography, Linguistics, Narrative Inequality
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Foundations in Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach ⓘ Language in Culture and Society ⓘ Toward Ethnographies of Communication ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Portland
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surface form:
Portland, Oregon, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Charlottesville, Virginia
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surface form:
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
|
| positionHeld |
Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania
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Professor of Anthropology ⓘ Professor of Folklore ⓘ Professor of Linguistics ⓘ |
| studied |
Native American languages
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Northwest Coast indigenous narratives ⓘ |
| theory |
SPEAKING model of speech events
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communicative competence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dell Hymes Description of subject: Dell Hymes was an American linguist, anthropologist, and folklorist best known for founding the field of ethnography of communication and advancing sociolinguistics.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.