John Lyons
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John Lyons was a prominent British linguist and semanticist known for his influential work on theoretical linguistics and the philosophy of language.
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| John Lyons canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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linguist ⓘ semanticist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St John’s College, Cambridge
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Cambridge University ⓘ
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University of Cambridge
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| fieldOfWork |
general linguistics
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philosophy of language ⓘ semantics ⓘ theoretical linguistics ⓘ |
| genre |
academic textbook
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scholarly monograph ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
grammatical meaning
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lexical semantics ⓘ linguistic description ⓘ meaning and truth ⓘ pragmatics ⓘ sense and reference ⓘ structural semantics ⓘ |
| influenced | students of linguistics worldwide ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Noam Chomsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
popularizing theoretical linguistics
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textbooks on general linguistics ⓘ work on linguistic semantics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
generative linguistics
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structural linguistics ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
clear exposition of structuralist and generative approaches to language
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distinctions between different types of meaning in language ⓘ systematic introduction of semantics into general linguistics curricula ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chomsky
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Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ Language and Linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ Linguistic Semantics: An Introduction NERFINISHED ⓘ Semantics (2 vols.) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
linguist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
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Professor of Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh ⓘ Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex ⓘ Professor of Linguistics at the University of York ⓘ |
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