# Manfred Bierwisch

> Manfred Bierwisch was a German linguist in the area of structuralism and generative linguistics, with profound connections to music and cultural theory. Bierwisch is near singular in linguistic-theoretical thought in that he, rooted in Eastern Germany, combined several intellectual streams in the post-WII period before Wende, maintaining scholarly exchanges in dictatorship East Germany - at times at great personal cost, including jail time in the 1950s-, with West Germany, French and North American scholarship.

*German linguist (1930-2024)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1930-07-28
- **Died:** 2024-07-31
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Manfred Bierwisch was a German linguist in the area of structuralism and generative linguistics, with profound connections to music and cultural theory. Bierwisch is near singular in linguistic-theoretical thought in that he, rooted in Eastern Germany, combined several intellectual streams in the post-WII period before Wende, maintaining scholarly exchanges in dictatorship East Germany - at times at great personal cost, including jail time in the 1950s-, with West Germany, French and North American scholarship.

## Fame
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