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John Lyons


Born
in Stretford, Manchester, England, The United Kingdom
May 23, 1932

Genre
Linguistics


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Sir John Lyons, LittD, FBA, is an English linguist, working on semantics. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lyo...] ...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 2,371 ratings · 242 reviews · 129 distinct works • Similar authors
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A M...
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Language and Linguistics: A...
3.88 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 1981
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A Bunker in Kyiv: The Aston...
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Chomsky
3.70 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1970 — 40 editions
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Dateline Jerusalem: Journal...
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Linguistic Semantics: An In...
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Introduction to Theoretical...
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Semantics: Volume 1
3.90 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions
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Semantics: Volume 2
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New Horizons in Linguistics
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“When your horse follows you without being asked, when he rubs his head on yours, and when you look at him and feel a tingle down your spine...you know you are loved.”
― John Lyons
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“Most Israelis are deeply convinced that international law applies to any country in the world except Israel because Israel is special. These are all things you get here from childhood.”
― John Lyons, Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and Beyond
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“unauthorised outposts; Hurricane Wilma came as the US froze Israel’s financial aid in response to settlement construction and Bush hosted Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the White House; Hurricane Ivan came as the ‘Bush administration continued pressure on Israel’; Hurricane Rita was retribution for Bush’s hosting of Jordan’s King Abdullah at the White House. William Koenig even linked the September 11”
― John Lyons, Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and Beyond
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