Hans Jørgen Uldall
Hans Jørgen Uldall (; 25 May 1907 Silkeborg, Denmark29 October 1957 Ibadan, Nigeria) was a Danish linguist known for developing the linguistic theory of glossematics with Louis Hjelmslev. Early life Having studied English with Danish linguist Otto Jespersen at the University of Copenhagen he went to London to study phonology with Daniel Jones. Career In 1929 he had a lectureship at the University of Cape Town, and then went back to London to teach phonetics in 1930. While in Cape Town, he corresponded with the doyen of American anthropology Franz Boas at Columbia, who secured him a grant of 2000 dollars to undertake field work on the Maidu language under the auspices of the Archaeological and Ethnographic Survey of California, established by A. L. Kroeber in 1901. On his way from Cape Town made a stop in Hamburg to attend the 24th congress of Americanists, before he and his wife continued their journey to California. He spent 193132 in California working closely togethe ...
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Silkeborg
Silkeborg () is a Danish town with a population of 49,747 (1 January 2022).BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density
The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark Silkeborg is the seat of Silkeborg City Council (with 92,024 inhabitants as of 2018). Silkeborg is located in the middle of the ic peninsula, slightly west of the geographical centre of