André Martinet

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André Martinet


Born
in Saint-Alban-des-Villards, France
April 12, 1908

Died
July 16, 1999

Genre

Influences
Ferdinand de Saussure


André Martinet was a French linguist, influential by his work on structural linguistics.
Martinet agrégated in English and received his doctorate after submitting, as is traditional in France, two theses: La gemination consonantique d'origine expressive dans les langues germaniques and La phonologie du mot en danois. From 1938 to 1946 he was a director of studies of the École pratique des hautes études. Following World War II he moved to New York, where he was to remain until 1955.
During his time in New York Martinet directed the International Auxiliary Language Association and taught at Columbia University, where he served as chair of the department from 1947 to 1955. Also, during this time, he became editor of Word, a linguistics journal.
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