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JOSEPH GREENBERG
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• JOSEPH GREENBERG (noun)
The noun JOSEPH GREENBERG has 1 sense:
1. United States linguist who studied the historical relations among 5,000 languages (1916-2001)
Familiarity information: JOSEPH GREENBERG used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States linguist who studied the historical relations among 5,000 languages (1916-2001)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Greenberg; Joseph Greenberg
Instance hypernyms:
linguist; polyglot (a person who speaks more than one language)
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