Charles A. Ferguson

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Charles A. Ferguson

Communications

#222

World Rank

#404

Historical Rank

#125

USA Rank

Linguistics

#71

World Rank

#95

Historical Rank

#45

USA Rank

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Why Is Charles A. Ferguson Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Charles Albert Ferguson was an American linguist who taught at Stanford University. He was one of the founders of sociolinguistics and is best known for his work on diglossia. The TOEFL test was created under his leadership at the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, DC. Ferguson was also the leader of a team of linguists in Ethiopia under the Ford Foundation's Survey of Language Use and Language Teaching. One of the many publications that came out of this was his article proposing the Ethiopian Language Area , an article that has become widely cited and an important milestone in the study of contact linguistics.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Charles A. Ferguson?

Charles A. Ferguson is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley
• Stanford University
• Harvard University
• University of Pennsylvania