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Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Not sure whether he really "pioneered sociolinguistics", but in the mid-20th century he definitely had significant influence in linguistics far beyond the study of Norwegian or Nordic languages... AnonMoos (talk) 16:09, 2 August 2010 (UTC)Reply