Yamada Yoshio

was a Japanese

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

. He founded the influential "

Yamada grammar was a Japanese linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly ...

", and was the first to use the word "'' chinjutsu''" as a linguistic term. 1873 births 1958 deaths Linguists from Japan People from Toyama (city) {{Japan-linguist-stub