Thomas Givon

Thomas Givon
Born (1936-06-22) 22 June 1936
Afula, British Mandate of Palestine
(now Israel)
OccupationLinguist

Thomas Givon (born 22 June 1936), also known as Talmy Givón, is a Palestinian linguist and writer. He is one of the founders of "West Coast Functionalism", today classified as a usage-based model of language, and of the linguistics department at the University of Oregon. Givón advocates an evolutionary approach to language and communication.

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