# István Kecskés

> István Kecskés was a Hungarian-born American linguist and academic who worked at the State University of New York, USA. He taught graduate courses in pragmatics, second language acquisition and bilingualism at SUNY, Albany. He was the President of the American Pragmatics Association (AMPRA) and the CASLAR Association. He was the founder and co-director of the Barcelona Summer School on Bi- and Multilingualism, and the founder and co-director of Sorbonne, Paris - SUNY, Albany Graduate Student Symposium.

*Hungarian sociolinguist (1947-2025)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Hungary
- **Born:** 1947-09-20
- **Died:** 2025
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

István Kecskés was a Hungarian-born American linguist and academic who worked at the State University of New York, USA. He taught graduate courses in pragmatics, second language acquisition and bilingualism at SUNY, Albany. He was the President of the American Pragmatics Association (AMPRA) and the CASLAR Association. He was the founder and co-director of the Barcelona Summer School on Bi- and Multilingualism, and the founder and co-director of Sorbonne, Paris - SUNY, Albany Graduate Student Symposium.

## Fame
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## Sources
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