Uriel Weinreich

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Uriel Weinreich was a prominent linguist known for his pioneering work in Yiddish studies, language contact, and sociolinguistics.

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instanceOf Yiddish linguist
human
linguist
sociolinguist
awardReceived Fulbright Fellowship NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath cancer
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth Lithuania NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1926-05-23
dateOfDeath 1967-03-30
doctoralAdvisor André Martinet NERFINISHED
educatedAt Columbia University
employer Columbia University
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews NERFINISHED
familyName Weinreich NERFINISHED
father Max Weinreich NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Yiddish studies NERFINISHED
language contact
linguistics
sociolinguistics
genre academic writing
givenName Uriel NERFINISHED
hasChild Ariel Weinreich NERFINISHED
influenced Joshua Fishman NERFINISHED
William Labov NERFINISHED
modern sociolinguistics
influencedBy Max Weinreich NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
Hebrew
Yiddish NERFINISHED
mainInterest Yiddish language NERFINISHED
bilingualism
language interference
mother Regina Weinreich NERFINISHED
name Uriel Weinreich NERFINISHED
notableIdea integration of Yiddish studies into general linguistics
systematic study of language contact
notableWork College Yiddish NERFINISHED
Languages in Contact NERFINISHED
Modern English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Vilnius NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
positionHeld professor of Yiddish language and literature
professor of linguistics
religion Judaism
spouse Beatrice Weinreich NERFINISHED

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William Labov hasAcademicAdvisor Uriel Weinreich