Joe Greenberg

[Enrique Bernardez Sanchis]

We'll all miss one of the greatest linguists ever

Enrique Bernardez


On Tue, 8 May 2001, David B. Kronenfeld wrote:

> Amen !
>                                          David Kronenfeld
>
> At 09:17 PM 5/8/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >Dear friends and fellow travellers,
> >
> >The news of the passing of Joseph Greenberg, yesterday at Stanford,
> >California, may have already filtered out through the network. As I
> >expect, an outpouring of grief, rememberances and appreciations will now
> >begin to gather steam. If one could deign to credit a single person as
> >founder of our network, it would surely be Joe. For in his work most
> >clearly than in any others', the transparent unity of typology,
> >universals, diachrony and functionalism was manifest, indeed boldly
> >proclaimed and painstakingly argued. His catholic tastes in languages
> >and linguistics, his restless scholarship, his adventuresome curiosity,
> >and above all his insistence of understanding and explanation, have
> >inspired several generations of linguists and anthropologists. We will
> >sorely miss him.
> >
> >                                                               Tom Givon
>
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