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Joseph Greenberg

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Joseph Greenberg was an American linguist known for language typology and for his 1963 classification of African languages.

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Joseph Greenberg ranks #22 of 201 in the Linguist ranking, behind Irene Heim, ahead of Michael Silverstein.

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Joseph Greenberg scores 8.83/10 (Great) on Lunoo, making it a well-rated option in the Linguist category. Highly influential typologist and classifier; African classification is respected, while later macro-family proposals remain controversial.
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