Morris Swadesh

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:author gptkb:Lexicostatistical_Dating_of_Prehistoric_Ethnic_Contacts
gptkb:Towards_Greater_Accuracy_in_Lexicostatistic_Dating
The Origin and Diversification of Language
gptkbp:birthDate 1909-01-22
gptkbp:deathDate 1967-07-20
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Swadesh_list
glottochronology
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Edward_Sapir
gptkbp:ethnicity Jewish American
gptkbp:field historical linguistics
comparative linguistics
anthropological linguistics
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith gptkb:City_College_of_New_York
gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin–Madison
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkb:National_Autonomous_University_of_Mexico
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Morris Swadesh
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
gptkb:Sergei_Starostin
Lexicostatistics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Edward_Sapir
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Swadesh_list
glottochronology
gptkbp:languageStudied gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:French
gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Algonquian_languages
gptkb:Chinook
gptkb:Mayan_languages
gptkb:Nahuatl
gptkb:Nootka
English
Japanese
Mixtec
Zapotec
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Linguistic_Society_of_America
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:linguist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Holyoke,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Mexico_City,_Mexico
gptkbp:researchInterest Native American languages
language change
language classification
language contact
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Haas
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edward_Sapir
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4