About Luís Lindley Cintra
Lived 1925 – 1991 (aged 66). Luís Lindley Cintra was a Portuguese linguist, philologist, university teacher and romanist.
Luís Filipe Lindley Cintra (5 March 1925 – 18 August 1991) was a prominent figure in Portuguese philology and linguistics. A prolific writer with over 80 published works. Another special interest was the relationship between Galician and Portuguese, as evinced by his study of the dialects of Madeira and his plan, together with Manuel de Paiva Boléo and José G. Herculano de Carvalho, for a linguistic-ethnographic atlas of Portugal and Galicia (1960).
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Who was Luís Lindley Cintra?
Portuguese linguist (1925–1991)
When was Luís Lindley Cintra born?
Luís Lindley Cintra was born on 5 March 1925 in Espariz.
When did Luís Lindley Cintra die?
Luís Lindley Cintra died on 18 August 1991 in Lisbon.
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Luís Lindley Cintra was a linguist, philologist, university teacher and romanist.
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Luís Lindley Cintra was Portuguese.
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