Charles F. Hockett

Charles F. Hockett
Born
Charles Francis Hockett

(1916-01-17)January 17, 1916
DiedNovember 3, 2000(2000-11-03) (aged 84)
SpouseShirley Orlinoff
Children5
Academic background
Education
ThesisThe Potawatomi Language: A Descriptive Grammar (1939)
InfluencesLeonard Bloomfield
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Institutions
Main interests

Charles Francis Hockett (January 17, 1916 – November 3, 2000) was an American linguist who developed many influential ideas in American structuralist linguistics. He represents the post-Bloomfieldian phase of structuralism often referred to as "distributionalism" or "taxonomic structuralism". His academic career spanned over half a century at Cornell and Rice universities. Hockett was also a firm believer of linguistics as a branch of anthropology, making contributions that were significant to the field of anthropology as well.