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Émile Benveniste

French linguist (1902-1976).

Born May 27th, 1902 in Aleppo. [ref]

Died October 3rd, 1976 at 74 years old in Paris. [ref]

Occupations
linguist, professor, sociolinguist
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner