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Joseph Greenberg

1915 - 2001

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Joseph Harold Greenberg (May 28, 1915 – May 7, 2001) was an American linguist, known mainly for his work concerning linguistic typology and the genetic classification of languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Greenberg has received more than 220,458 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Joseph Greenberg is the 45th most popular linguist (down from 36th in 2019), the 2,039th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,621st in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Linguist.

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Joseph Greenberg ranks 45 out of 161. Before him are Vasily Radlov, André Martinet, Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Vilhelm Thomsen, Leonard Bloomfield, and George Lakoff. After him are Charles Bally, Hesychius of Alexandria, Vatroslav Jagić, Hermann Paul, Tuone Udaina, and Boris Kolker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Joseph Greenberg ranks 64. Before him are László Csatáry, Gyula Zsengellér, Don Budge, Marie-Louise von Franz, Abba Eban, and Santiago Carrillo. After him are Miroslav Filipović, Geraldine of Albania, Tadeusz Kantor, Branko Ćopić, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, and Alicia Rhett. Among people deceased in 2001, Joseph Greenberg ranks 56. Before him are W. G. Sebald, David Graf, Michele Alboreto, Francisco Rabal, Vittorio Brambilla, and Soad Hosny. After him are Joey Ramone, Perry Como, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Chet Atkins, Marvin Harris, and Birendra of Nepal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Greenberg ranks 2,039 out of 18,182. Before him are James Ellroy (1948), Jef Raskin (1943), Frank Borzage (1894), Ted Danson (1947), Al Lettieri (1928), and Mercedes McCambridge (1916). After him are Louise Brooks (1906), John Barrymore (1882), Grace Slick (1939), Wolfgang Kapp (1858), Linda Gray (1940), and Sam Houston (1793).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, Joseph Greenberg ranks 6. Before him are Noam Chomsky (1928), William James Sidis (1898), Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897), Leonard Bloomfield (1887), and George Lakoff (1941). After him are William Labov (1927), Noah Webster (1758), Joshua Fishman (1926), Stephen Krashen (1941), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), and Morris Swadesh (1909).

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