Definition of Leonard Bloomfield

1. Noun. United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949).

Exact synonyms: Bloomfield
Generic synonyms: Linguist, Linguistic Scientist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leonard Bloomfield

Leo Tolstoy
Leo X
Leo the Great
Leo the Lion
Leodensian
Leodensians
Leodiensian
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Leomania
Leon
Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Trotsky
Leona
Leonard
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bloomfield (current term)
Leonard Constant Lambert
Leonard Marx
Leonardesque
Leonardo
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo number
Leonberg
Leonese
Leonhard Euler
Leonian
Leonians
Leonid
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin

Literary usage of Leonard Bloomfield

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"AD 21 pp. Re: teaching methods; Algonquian languages. Mentions Edward Sapir, Leonard Bloomfield, Zellig Harris, and others. ..."

2. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"The enthusiastic observation of Linguist Leonard Bloomfield on Panini's grammar deserves attention :— "The Indian grammar presented to European eyes, ..."

3. An Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment by Isidore Dyen, Joseph B. Kruskal, Paul Black (1992)
"... suggested at the 1987 meeting of the Linguistic Society of America that this should be called the Bloomfield formula in honor of Leonard Bloomfield, ..."

4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1913)
"Leonard Bloomfield. The Measurement of Induction Shocks. A Manual for the Quantitative Use of Faradic Stimuli. ERNEST G. MARTIN, Ph. D. New York, ..."

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