Umlandvo wa thomas givon

Thomas givon-Thomas Givon (lowatiwa ngekutsi nguTalmy Givón (watalwa mhlaka 22 Inhlaba 1936) usati selulwimi kanye nembhali. Ungulomunye webasunguli be "West Coast Functionalism", namuhla lehlukaniswe njengemodeli yelulwimi lolusekelwe ekusebentiseni, kanye nelitiko letilwimi e-University of Oregon. Givón usekela imfundziso yekutigucukela kwemvelo yelulwimi kanye nekukhulumisana. BD McCandliss, MI Posner, T Givon - Cognitive Psychology, 1997 

Imfundvo

Nga-1959, Givón watfola ticu takhe te-Bachelor of Science ku-Hebrew University yaseJerusalema. Watfola ticu te-Master of Science ku-Agriculture nga-1962, C.Phil ku-Plant Biochemistry, ticu te-Master of Arts ku-Linguistics nga-1966, kanye ne-PhD ku-Linguistics nga-1969, kanye nesitifiketi se-TESL nga-1965.

      Umsebenti

Nga-1966, Givón wacala kusebenta ku-System Development Corporation njengemcwaningi losita nge-lexicography. Ngemnyaka lolandzelako waya eNyuvesi yaseZambia wayocwaninga ngelulwimi lwesiBantu. Nga-1969 waba nguthishela weTilwimi tase-Afrika neTilwimi Letisemtsetfweni eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia eLos Angeles. Wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sekuba nguphrofesa lobambisene naye nga-1974 futsi waba nguphrofesa lophelele nga-1979. Nga-1981 watfutsela eNyuvesi yase-Oregon lapho afundzisa khona tilwimi kuze kube ngu-2002 lapho atfola khona sikhundla sekuba nguPhrofesa weTilwimi kanye neSayensi Yekufundza. Umsebenti waGivón wekugcina lowawuphatselene nelulwimi lolusebentako, kwakungu-The Genesis of Complex Syntax: Diachrony, Ontogeny, Cognition, Evolution.G Deutscher, T Givón - Syntactic complexity, 2009 

     Indzima yelulwimi

Umsebenti wakhe uhlanganisa tindzawo letinyenti tetilwimi (emaSemite, ema-Afrika, ema-Amerindian, ema-Austronesian, emaPapua, emaSino-Tibetan, ema-Indo-European), kanye netindzawo letinyenti tetilwimi letingasho lutfo: (syntax, semantics, pragmatics, kutfolwa kwelulwimi lwesibili, pidgins kanye nema-creole, lulwimi lwekukhuluma kanye nelwetemibhalo, indlela kanye nefilosofi yesayensi, ifilosofi yelulwimi, typology kanye ne-universals yelulwimi, grammaticalization kanye ne-syntax yemlandvo, isayensi yelwati, kutfutfuka kwelulwimi).Givón ubitwa ngekutsi nguye lowasungula lesisho lesitsi "i-morphology yalamuhla i-syntax yalamuhla",ngekutfutfukisa umsebenti wa-Antoine Meillet wekuhlela luhlelo lwelulwimi.Bekangumhleli we-Typological Studies in Language, incwadzi leyabhalwa yi-John Benjamins Publishing Company.Leminye imibhalo .Givon ubhale tinoveli letinyenti kanye netindzaba temlandvo ngekusebentisa inkampani yakhe yekushicilela, i-White Cloud Publishing, futsi ungumblogi ku-google

 umtfombo lwati 
G Deutscher, T Givón - Syntactic complexity, 2009