Itkonen, Esa

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Name (Latin)
Itkonen, Esa
Date of birth
1944-01-03
Associated country
Finland
Field of activity
Language and languages
Linguistics
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 93075738
Wikidata: Q8098448
Library of congress: n 83000892
Sources of Information
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Wikipedia description:

Esa Itkonen (born January 3, 1944) is a Finnish linguist, philosopher and language theorist. He is professor emeritus of general linguistics at the University of Turku. Itkonen has authored several publications on linguistic methodology, philosophy of linguistics, history of linguistics, and linguistic typology. He has defended a humanist approach to linguistics, criticising sociobiology, generative grammar, and Cognitive Linguistics.

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