Robert A. Leonard
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American forensic linguist
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Communications
#263
World Rank
#473
Historical Rank
#148
USA Rank
Linguistics
#50
World Rank
#70
Historical Rank
#30
USA Rank
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Communications
Robert A. Leonard's Degrees
- PhD Linguistics Columbia University
- Masters Linguistics Columbia University
- Bachelors Linguistics Columbia University
Why Is Robert A. Leonard Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Robert Andrew Leonard is an American linguist. He is best known for his work in forensic linguistics, which relates to investigating problems of the law by using the study of language. This includes analyzing legal material work such as notes, audio and video tape recordings, contracts, and confessions. Prior to his academic career, Leonard was a founding member of the rock band Sha Na Na and performed at Woodstock.
Robert A. Leonard's Published Works
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Published Works
- Induction of DNA synthesis in amphibian erythroid nuclei in Rana eggs following conditioning in meiotic oocytes. (1982) (29)
- Swahili e, ka, and nge as signals of meaning (2010) (7)
- Forensic Linguistics: Applying the Science of Linguistics to Issues of the Law (2017) (5)
- Deixis in Swahili: Attention meanings and pragmatic function (1995) (4)
- The semantic system of deixis in standard Swahili (1982) (3)
- Swahili demonstratives evaluating the validity of competing semantic hypotheses (2010) (2)
- General principles of linguistics (2014) (0)
- Meaning in nonlinguistic systems: Observations, remarks, and hypotheses on food, architecture, and honor in Kenya (2006) (0)
- A semantic analysis of Swahili suffix li (2006) (0)
- Look Ma--no cancer. (1993) (0)
- Meaning in nonlinguistic systems (2006) (0)
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