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Kenneth Lee Pike

1912 - 2000

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Kenneth Lee Pike (June 9, 1912 – December 31, 2000) was an American linguist and anthropologist. He was the originator of the theory of tagmemics, the coiner of the terms "emic" and "etic" and the developer of the constructed language Kalaba-X for use in teaching the theory and practice of translation. In addition, he was the First President of the Bible-translating organization Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), with which he was associated from 1935 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth Lee Pike is the 187th most popular linguist (down from 162nd in 2019), the 9,576th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,700th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Kenneth Lee Pike ranks 187 out of 214. Before him are Dell Hymes, Ivan Kuratov, Alexander Melville Bell, Lev Shcherba, George Perkins Marsh, and Ziad Fazah. After him are Ray Jackendoff, Helmut Rix, Vladislav Illich-Svitych, Daniel Everett, John Eliot, and John Rupert Firth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Kenneth Lee Pike ranks 360. Before him are George Mikes, Irena Kwiatkowska, Madge Adam, Hércules de Miranda, Masao Harada, and Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz. After him are Friedrich Maurer, Harry Klinefelter, Margaret Scriven, Otto Licha, Josef Streb, and Anna J. Harrison. Among people deceased in 2000, Kenneth Lee Pike ranks 293. Before him are Helmut Berthold, Larry Linville, Masao Harada, Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, Georgiy Gongadze, and Gwen Verdon. After him are Raymundo Rodríguez, Curt Siodmak, Donald Dewar, Antonio Maspes, Mark R. Hughes, and István Gulyás.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kenneth Lee Pike ranks 9,578 out of 20,380. Before him are Marge Champion (1919), Samuel Colman (1832), Rogers Hornsby (1896), Melora Hardin (1967), Mariette Hartley (1940), and John James (1956). After him are Corey Hawkins (1988), Cristin Milioti (1985), Francis Tyler (1904), William T. Anderson (1839), John Trudell (1946), and Leigh Taylor-Young (1945).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, Kenneth Lee Pike ranks 19. Before him are William Stokoe (1919), Alice Kober (1906), William Dwight Whitney (1827), Robert Blust (1940), Dell Hymes (1927), and George Perkins Marsh (1801). After him are Daniel Everett (1951), Charles F. Hockett (1916), Lyle Campbell (1942), Mary Haas (1910), and Einar Haugen (1906).

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