Properties (102)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
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Academic
Linguist Philologist |
| gptkbp:academicAdvisor |
gptkb:John_Wesley_Powell
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| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:Yale_College |
| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:Yale_University
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Linguistic_Society_of_America
gptkb:Yale_University gptkb:American_Philological_Association |
| gptkbp:awards |
Honorary degrees
Honorary_degree_from_Yale_University |
| gptkbp:born |
February 15, 1827
February 9, 1827 |
| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:William_Dwight_Whitney_Jr.
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| gptkbp:contribution |
Lexicography
Comparative linguistics Development of modern linguistics Advocacy for the study of language as a science Promotion of scientific approaches to language study Sanskrit_studies Development_of_American_linguistics Establishment_of_linguistic_studies_in_the_U.S. |
| gptkbp:died |
January 7, 1894
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| gptkbp:field |
Historical linguistics
Linguistics Philology Phonetics Phonology Semantics Cognitive linguistics Morphology Pragmatics Psycholinguistics Sociolinguistics Syntax Applied linguistics Descriptive linguistics Comparative philology Sanskrit linguistics |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
William Dwight Whitney
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Edward_Sapir
gptkb:Leonard_Bloomfield Language education Sanskrit linguistics Linguistic_theory American_linguistics |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
gptkb:Noah_Webster gptkb:Friedrich_Schlegel Rasmus_Rask |
| gptkbp:involved |
Member_of_the_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
Member_of_the_National_Academy_of_Sciences Member_of_the_American_Antiquarian_Society Member_of_the_American_Historical_Association Member_of_the_American_Philosophical_Society Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Naturalists Member_of_the_American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Electrical_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Nuclear_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Transportation_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Civil_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Mining_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Safety_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Urban_Engineers Member_of_the_Modern_Language_Association Founding_member_of_the_American_Philological_Association Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Petroleum_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Systems_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Reliability_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Aerospace_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Industrial_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Software_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Environmental_Engineers Editor_of_the_Journal_of_the_American_Oriental_Society Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Chemical_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Water_Resources_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Construction_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Agricultural_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Maintenance_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Quality_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers Member_of_the_American_Society_of_Biomedical_Engineers |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Contributions to linguistics
Sanskrit_studies |
| gptkbp:nationality |
American
|
| gptkbp:notableWork |
The Century Dictionary
The Sanskrit Grammar |
| gptkbp:notableWorks |
The Century Dictionary
Language and the Study of Language |
| gptkbp:occupation |
Professor
Lexicographer |
| gptkbp:publishedBy |
Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
The_Study_of_Language The_Life_and_Growth_of_Language Essays_on_Language_and_Literature |
| gptkbp:researchFocus |
gptkb:Indo-European_languages
Sanskrit Comparative linguistics |
| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:New_Haven,_Connecticut
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| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Mary_Whitney
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