linguist William Bright

E278634

William Bright was an influential American linguist and anthropologist known for his extensive work on Native American languages and sociolinguistics.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
linguist William Bright canonical 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf academic
anthropologist
human
linguist
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
familyName Bright
fieldOfWork Native American languages
anthropology
ethnolinguistics
language documentation
linguistic typology
linguistics
onomastics
sociolinguistics
givenName William
hasGender male
influenced development of sociolinguistics in the United States
study of Native American linguistics
knownFor editorial work in linguistics
research on Native American languages
studies of place names
work in sociolinguistics
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableFor contributions to the analysis of language in its social context
extensive fieldwork on Native American languages
notableWork publications on sociolinguistic variation
research on indigenous languages of the Americas
studies of language and culture
occupation anthropologist
linguist
university professor

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cahuilla language documentedBy linguist William Bright