Robert G. Pike

Robert G. Pike was an influential American linguist and anthropologist known for developing the theory of language universals and studying how languages change over time. He contributed to understanding the structural features shared across human languages and emphasized the importance of examining language within its cultural context. Pike's work helped bridge linguistics and anthropology, advancing our comprehension of linguistic diversity and commonalities among languages worldwide. His research has impacted fields like language documentation, preservation, and the study of language learning and cognition.