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Merritt Ruhlen
Merritt Ruhlen (; born 1944) is an American linguist who has worked on the classification of languages and what this reveals about the origin and evolution of modern humans. Amongst other linguists, Ruhlen's work is recognized as standing outside the mainstream of comparative-historical linguistics. He is the principal advocate and defender of Joseph Greenberg's approach to language classification.
Biography.
Born Frank Merritt Ruhlen, 1944, Ruhlen studied at Rice University, the University of Paris, the University of Illinois and the University of
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- Renfrew, Colin, and Daniel Nettle, editors (1999). "Nostratic: Examining a Linguistic Macrofamily." McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
- Ruhlen, Merritt (1991). "A Guide to the World's Languages, Volume 1: Classification". Edward Arnold.
- Ruhlen, Merritt (1994). "On the Origin of Languages: Studies in Linguistic Taxonomy." Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
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