29.1818, All: Derek Bickerton Obituary

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Subject: 29.1818, All: Derek Bickerton Obituary

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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 11:30:29
From: Philip Bralich [pbralich at earthlink.net]
Subject: Derek Bickerton Obituary

 
91, linguist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawaii, Manoa died
peacefully at home on March 5th, 2018. He is best known for his studies of
creole and pidgin languages and of the origins of language as a whole. He is
survived by his wife, Yvonne, sons Jim and Ashley and daughter Julie, and
seven grandchildren.
 


Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics



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