About Eli Fischer-Jørgensen
Lived 1911 – 2010 (aged 99). Eli Fischer-Jørgensen was a Danish phonetician, linguist, university teacher and professor.
Eli Fischer-Jørgensen (; 11 February 1911, Nakskov, Denmark – 27 February 2010, Virum
She began studying French and German at the University of Copenhagen in 1929. She specialized in linguistics and her thesis treated "the importance of dialect geography for the perception of sound changes". She also corresponded with Roman Jakobson through many years and had met on several occasions. and the British Academy.
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Danish linguist (1911–2010)
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Eli Fischer-Jørgensen was born on 12 February 1911 in Nakskov.
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Eli Fischer-Jørgensen died on 27 February 2010 in Virum.
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Eli Fischer-Jørgensen was a phonetician, linguist, university teacher and professor.
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Eli Fischer-Jørgensen was Danish.
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