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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugenio Coșeriu is the 82nd most popular linguist (down from 57th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Moldova (down from 18th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Moldovan Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Eugenio Coșeriu ranks 82 out of 214Before him are Carl Brockelmann, Đuro Daničić, Vasili Eroshenko, Robert Morrison, Morris Swadesh, and Max Nettlau. After him are Holger Pedersen, Anne Dacier, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, Gustaf John Ramstedt, Johannes Schmidt, and Jan Mukařovský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Eugenio Coșeriu ranks 158Before him are Malcolm Arnold, Sixto Durán Ballén, Alex Haley, Esther Williams, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Deanna Durbin. After him are Georges Wilson, Lionel Terray, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Jim Garrison, Carlo Furno, and Jetty Paerl. Among people deceased in 2002, Eugenio Coșeriu ranks 110Before him are Michel Henry, Nikolai Amosov, Inge Morath, Waylon Jennings, Andre DeToth, and Brad Dexter. After him are Joseph Bonanno, Jacques Massu, Jim "Bad News" Barnes, Igor Ansoff, André Delvaux, and Franjo Kuharić.

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In Moldova

Among people born in Moldova, Eugenio Coșeriu ranks 23 out of 107Before him are Maria Cebotari (1910), Vladimir Purishkevich (1870), Alexey Shchusev (1873), Jerzy Neyman (1894), Lev Berg (1876), and Meir Dizengoff (1861). After him are Vladimir Albitsky (1891), Lia Manoliu (1932), Nikolay Zelinsky (1861), Mihai Ghimpu (1951), Grigory Kotovsky (1881), and Gary Bertini (1927).

Among LINGUISTS In Moldova

Among linguists born in Moldova, Eugenio Coșeriu ranks 2Before him are Boris Kolker (1939). After him are Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu (1838).