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Bloomfield

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Bloom·field  (blmfld)
A town of northeast New Jersey, an industrial and residential suburb of Newark. It was settled c. 1660. Population: 45,400.
Bloomfield, Leonard 1887-1949.
American linguist who introduced a behavioristic approach to linguistics in his text Language (1933).
Bloomfield [ˈbluːmˌfiːld]
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(Biographies / Bloomfield, Leonard (1887-1949) M, US, LANGUAGE: linguist) Leonard. 1887-1949, US linguist, influential for his strictly scientific and descriptive approach to comparative linguistics; author of
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Noun1.Bloomfield - United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949)
Leonard Bloomfield


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I really liked Bloomfield better; for one thing, his poem was written in the heroic decasyllabics which I preferred to any other verse.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Poor, wayward-hearted Collins leaned his head upon their crazy tables; priggish Benjamin Franklin; Savage, the wrong-headed, much troubled when he could afford any softer bed than a doorstep; young Bloomfield, "Bobby" Burns, Hogarth, Watts the engineer--the roll is endless.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
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