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Bloom·field
(blo͞om′fēld′) A township of northeast New Jersey, an industrial and residential suburb of Newark. It was settled c. 1660.
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Bloomfield
(ˈbluːmˌfiːld)n
(Biography) Leonard. 1887–1949, US linguist, influential for his strictly scientific and descriptive approach to comparative linguistics; author of Language (1933)
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Bloom•field
(ˈblumˌfild)n.
Leonard, 1887–1949, U.S. linguist.
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Noun | 1. | Bloomfield - United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949) |
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