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brinton

/ˈbrɪn.tən/

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noun

/ˈbrɪn.tən/formalamerican
  • ruИмя собственное, относящееся к конкретному человеку, а именно к американскому антропологу, который стал пионером систематической классификации языков коренных американцев.

A proper noun referring to a specific person, specifically a United States anthropologist who pioneered the systematic classification of Native American languages.

uncountable · proper noun

  1. C1formalamerican

    Daniel Garrison Brinton, a 19th-century American anthropologist and ethnologist who pioneered the systematic classification of Native American languages.

    ruАмериканский антрополог

    • Brinton's work on Native American languages laid the foundation for modern linguistic anthropology.
    • The Brinton classification system was one of the first comprehensive attempts to categorize indigenous languages.
    • Scholars still reference Brinton's studies when examining pre-Columbian cultures.