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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:linguist
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1944-05-10
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:deathDate
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2021-01-29
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Palo_Alto,_California
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gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
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gptkb:Joseph_H._Greenberg
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gptkbp:educatedAt
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gptkb:Rice_University
gptkb:Stanford_University
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:Santa_Fe_Institute
gptkb:Stanford_University
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork
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historical linguistics
comparative linguistics
language classification
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Merritt Ruhlen
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Joseph_H._Greenberg
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gptkbp:knownFor
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advocacy of the Nostratic hypothesis
popularizing the concept of language superfamilies
work on language classification
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:Santa_Fe_Institute
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:notableWork
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The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue
Guide to the World's Languages
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:linguist
author
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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