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Bloomfield   /blˈumfˌild/   Listen
Bloomfield

noun
1.
United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949).  Synonym: Leonard Bloomfield.






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"Bloomfield" Quotes from Famous Books



... which he sings the praises of 'old books, old wines, old customs, and old friends.' He continued to write during the whole of his life, and his last work, Love's Last Labour not Lost, was published in 1863. Daniel was fond of convivial society, and numbered Charles Lamb and Robert Bloomfield among his acquaintances, and he was also intimate with many of the principal actors of the day. He died at his son's house, The Grove, Stoke Newington, on the 30th of March 1864. The cause of his ...
— English Book Collectors • William Younger Fletcher

... glass and looked, and then said: "And who was Bunker, and what did he do on his hill?" Imagine the American's indignation at this gross ignorance! To return to Mr. Childs' room; while there several ladies called, and among them Mrs. Bloomfield Moore; she talked well and we made friends, and she proposed to call for us and take us a drive, to which we agreed. After she had gone Mr. Childs told me she was a poetess and a millionaire, and was supposed to be engaged to Browning the poet. A man was then told ...
— The British Association's visit to Montreal, 1884: Letters • Clara Rayleigh



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