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Matthew Dryer

Linguist American Typology Universals Word Order

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Matthew Dryer is an American typologist known for large-scale word order research and coediting the World Atlas of Language Structures.

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Matthew Dryer ranks #71 of 201 in the Linguist ranking, behind Geoffrey Pullum, ahead of J. R. Firth.

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Matthew Dryer scores 8.37/10 (Great) on Lunoo, making it a well-rated option in the Linguist category. Major word order typologist and WALS editor; strong empirical influence, more specialist than framework founders.
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