Andrzej Bogusławski
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Andrzej Stanisław Bogusławski (born 1 December 1931) is a Polish linguist, former professor of Warsaw University, a collaborator with Anna Wierzbicka
on Natural semantic metalanguage
research, credited by her with reviving the notion of Leibniz's "alphabet of human thought
", or Lingua Mentalis.
He was imprisoned in the early 1980s by Polish authorities for refusing to sign a loyalty oath. Noam Chomsky
, among other academics, called for his release.
Anna Wierzbicka
Anna Wierzbicka is a linguist at the Australian National University. She also lectures at Warsaw University and Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland. She studied at Warsaw University. From 1972 she moved from Poland to Australia.Wierzbicka is famous for her work in semantics,...
on Natural semantic metalanguage
Natural semantic metalanguage
The Natural semantic metalanguage is a linguistic theory and a practical, meaning-based approach to linguistic analysis. The theory is based on the conception of Polish professor Andrzej Bogusławski...
research, credited by her with reviving the notion of Leibniz's "alphabet of human thought
Alphabet of human thought
The alphabet of human thought is a concept originally proposed by Gottfried Leibniz that provides a universal way to represent and analyze ideas and relationships, no matter how complicated, by breaking down their component pieces...
", or Lingua Mentalis.
He was imprisoned in the early 1980s by Polish authorities for refusing to sign a loyalty oath. Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. Chomsky has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and...
, among other academics, called for his release.