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Louis Hjelmslev

1899 - 1965

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Louis Trolle Hjelmslev (Danish: [ˈjelˀmsle̝w]; 3 October 1899 – 30 May 1965) was a Danish linguist whose ideas formed the basis of the Copenhagen School of linguistics. Born into an academic family (his father was the mathematician Johannes Hjelmslev), Hjelmslev studied comparative linguistics in Copenhagen, Prague and Paris (with Antoine Meillet and Joseph Vendryes, among others). In 1931, he founded the Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague. Together with Hans Jørgen Uldall he developed a structuralist theory of language which he called glossematics, which further developed the semiotic theory of Ferdinand de Saussure. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Hjelmslev is the 34th most popular linguist (up from 35th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Linguist.

Louis Hjelmslev was a Danish linguist who developed the theory of glossematics, which is the study of language in terms of two dimensions: the horizontal dimension (the system) and the vertical dimension (the structure).

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Louis Hjelmslev ranks 34 out of 214. Before him are Michael Halliday, Otto Jespersen, Pompeu Fabra, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Ignác Goldziher, and Bedřich Hrozný. After him are Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Nicholas Marr, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Friedrich August Wolf, Michel Bréal, and Vasily Radlov.

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Among people born in 1899, Louis Hjelmslev ranks 51. Before him are Jean Moulin, James Cagney, Lucio Fontana, P. L. Travers, Ramon Novarro, and Lev Kuleshov. After him are Charles Boyer, Sobhuza II, Henri Michaux, Georges Auric, Bronislav Kaminski, and Ludwig Guttmann. Among people deceased in 1965, Louis Hjelmslev ranks 30. Before him are Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Helena Rubinstein, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Paul Tillich, and Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland. After him are Fan Noli, Herberts Cukurs, Sonny Boy Williamson II, David O. Selznick, Frederick Fleet, and Clara Bow.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Louis Hjelmslev ranks 134 out of 1,032. Before him are Harald Bohr (1887), Sveinn Björnsson (1881), John Louis Emil Dreyer (1852), Bjarne Stroustrup (1950), Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878), and Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel (1784). After him are Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Giancarlo Esposito (1958), Richard Møller Nielsen (1937), Piet Hein (1905), and Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891).

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Among LINGUISTS In Denmark

Among linguists born in Denmark, Louis Hjelmslev ranks 3. Before him are Rasmus Rask (1787), and Otto Jespersen (1860). After him are Vilhelm Thomsen (1842), Holger Pedersen (1867), Hans Ørberg (1920), Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804), and Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1854).

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