Date of Birth
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22-June-1936
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Place of Birth
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Afula
(Israel, Gilboa region)
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Nationality
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United States of America, Israel
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Also know as
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Talmy Givon, Talmy GivoÌn, T. Givon, Thomas Givón
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Profession
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Linguist
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Quotes
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- Today's syntax is tomorrow's morphology
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Thomas Givon is a linguist and writer. He is one of the founders of functionalism in linguistics. He is one of the founders of the linguistics department at the University of Oregon based on his functional-adaptive approach to language and communication.
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