Frederick Bodmer

Frederick Bodmer (actually Friedrich Bodmer) (1893 or 1894 – after 1955) was a Swiss philologist and author of the popular book The Loom of Language.

Life

He wrote his PhD thesis in 1924 at University of Zurich on the topic Studies about a dialogue in Nathan by G E 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was succeeded in his position at MIT by Noam Chomsky in 1955.^[1]

Literature

• 1944 The Loom of Language. An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages. ISBN 0-393-30034-X.

References

1. ↑ Linguistics at MIT: a personal view on how it all began (web.mit.edu)

External links

• Speaking Volumes: Frederick Bodmer's The Loom of Language (a detailed present-day review)