Gilbert Lazard

French linguist (1920-2018) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 98

Gilbert Lazard was a French linguist and Iranologist. His works include the study of various Iranian languages, translations of classical Persian poetry, and research on linguistic typology, notably on morphosyntactic alignment. He also studied various Polynesian languages most notably the Tahitian language.

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