Frederick Bodmer
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Frederick Bodmer (actually Friedrich Bodmer; * 1893 or 1894; † after 1955) was a Swiss philologist and author of the very popular book The Loom of Language.
He wrote in 1924 his PhD thesis at University of Zurich to the topic Studies about a dialog in Nathan of Lessing (Studien zum Dialog in Lessings Nathan). After that he taught in Europe and at University of Cape Town. Later he held a position within the Department of Modern Languages at MIT. His position at MIT was succeeded by Noam Chomsky in 1955.
[edit] Literature
- 1944 The Loom of Language. An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages. ISBN 0-393-30034-X.
