Talk:Thomas Givon

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A notable figure in Linguistics, Givón should have a Wikipedia entry; in fact, it should be expanded. I wonder if I'll ever get around to being more active here, but I'll try and remember this as a project for when I do. :)

Thomas?!
I know he goes by "Tom" but his full first name is Talmy. This page should be renamed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trecht (talk • contribs) 06:07, 4 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The situation is more complex: He is usually called "Tom" by his colleagues, but in scientific publications he only goes by the initisal "T.". So I think this page should actually be moved to "T. Givón", because his primary fame is as a linguist. As a novelist, he uses the name "Thomas Givon" -- this should also be mentioned somewhere.--Haspelmath (talk) 22:21, 27 September 2008 (UTC)


 * A snippet in google books says that he was born Tamly and changed his name to Thomas. But I don't have that book "Bastard tongues: a trailblazing linguist finds clues to our common humanity in the world's lowliest languages", which also seem to have a brier bio of his. Given that his Emeritus page at Oregon doesn't exist (anymore), I guess we have to wait for him to die so some in memoria are published in the linguistics journals so this page can be improved. Tijfo098 (talk) 12:39, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think he goes by Tom but is still legally named Talmy. Anyway Thomas isn't really a good option as he never uses that in linguistic work. I would second a move to Tom Givón or T. Givón.·Maunus· ƛ · 12:56, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * It looks like the article was renamed to the current name after an OTRS ticket, so presumably the request came from the subject. In the mean time I found his home page, which only has "T. Givón", so that isn't of much help. Tijfo098 (talk) 20:00, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 16 July 2012
Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed.

Though it's useful to share sources on the Talk page, I believe the request edit is usually for specific changes and corrections.

Hello, I would like to add a section regarding my father's (Tom Givon) non-academic publishing career. He has published a novel with Reagan books (Running Through the Tall Grass), and is currently self publishing a series of novels through his own publishing house (White Cloud Publishing). I would like to list his published novel and his self-published novels, and would also like to add two external links; one to his publishing house (http://www.whitecloudpublishing.com) and one to his blog (http://tomgivon.blogspot.com/). A list of his self-published novels can be found at http://whitecloudpublishing.com/books.html. Thank you, and please email me with any questions regarding my request. Nate Givon nategivon@hotmail.com Ngivon (talk) 01:55, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Ngivon (talk) 01:55, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I replaced the template with the correct one.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:35, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

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"One of the founders of functionalism"
Functional linguistics was actually started long before Givón's birth... this must be a joke! Givón's not even a functionalist in the first place. The quoted source says he's a cognitivist, but his approach shares similarity with functionalism. Revision required. Weidorje (talk) 17:20, 9 September 2017 (UTC)