death_date birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
06 may 1978 wisconsin american 11 may 1907 work five clocks '' in linguistics , including the book '' the martin joos
 martin joos linguist ; professor of german
martin joos

martin joos -lrb- 1907 -- 1978 -rrb- was a linguist and german professor .
he spent most of his career at the university of wisconsin -- madison , and also served at the university of toronto and as a visiting scholar at the university of alberta , the university of belgrade , and the university of edinburgh .
during world war ii joos was a cryptologist for the us signal security agency .
the war department honored him with a distinguished service citation in recognition of his work developing communication systems .
after the war he returned to the university of wisconsin , eventually serving as the chairman of the department of german .
among joos 's books on linguistics is `` the five clocks '' -lrb- 1962 -rrb- , which introduced influential discussions of style , register , and style-shifting .
