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Pei, Mario (Andrew)
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[pay]
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| Linguist, born in Rome, Italy. He moved to the USA as a child, and later studied languages at Columbia University. A gifted linguist, he joined the university in 1937, and became professor of Romance philology (1952–70). His books include Languages for War and Peace (1943) and a Dictionary of Linguistics (1954). Several of his introductory books, such as The Story of English (1952), were successful in providing the general public with a greater understanding of language study. |
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