LINGUIST

Eugenio Coșeriu

1921 - 2002

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Eugenio Coșeriu (Romanian: Eugen Coșeriu, pronounced [e.uˈdʒen koˈʃerju]; 27 July 1921 – 7 September 2002) was a linguist who specialized in Romance languages at the University of Tübingen, author of over 50 books, honorary member of the Romanian Academy. In 1970 he coined the terms diatopic, diastratic and diaphasic to describe linguistic variation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugenio Coșeriu has received more than 47,810 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Eugenio Coșeriu is the 57th most popular linguist (down from 54th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Moldova (down from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Moldovan Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Eugenio Coșeriu ranks 57 out of 214. Before him are Hermann Paul, Vatroslav Jagić, Hesychius of Alexandria, George Lakoff, Tuone Udaina, and Josef Dobrovský. After him are Karl Brugmann, Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Matthias Castrén, Vilém Mathesius, and Louis Duchesne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Eugenio Coșeriu ranks 128. Before him are Branko Stanković, Gitta Sereny, Wolfgang Borchert, Pierre Clostermann, César Baldaccini, and Maurice Yaméogo. After him are James Whitmore, Jaroslav Drobný, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, Jean Behra, and Darío Moreno. Among people deceased in 2002, Eugenio Coșeriu ranks 92. Before him are Lionel Hampton, Juan Antonio Bardem, Branko Stanković, Dee Dee Ramone, Igor Ansoff, and J. Lee Thompson. After him are Lilian, Princess of Réthy, Karel Reisz, Gustaaf Deloor, Jacques Massu, Nikolai Amosov, and Elie Hobeika.

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In Moldova

Among people born in Moldova, Eugenio Coșeriu ranks 18 out of 107. Before him are Kira Muratova (1934), Eugen Doga (1937), Vladimir Purishkevich (1870), Iona Yakir (1896), Meir Dizengoff (1861), and Petru Lucinschi (1940). After him are Ion Druță (1928), Maria Cebotari (1910), Alexey Shchusev (1873), Lev Berg (1876), Nikolay Zelinsky (1861), and Boris Kolker (1939).

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Among LINGUISTS In Moldova

Among linguists born in Moldova, Eugenio Coșeriu ranks 1. After him are Boris Kolker (1939), and Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu (1838).

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