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Published on 6 November 2020
Luigi Rizzi

Luigi Rizzi

General Linguistics
2020 - 2025
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Opening lecture by Prof. Luigi Rizzi

Luigi Rizzi, Professor of General Linguistics, delivered his opening lecture "Complexity of linguistic structures, simplicity of language mechanisms" on November 5, 2020. This event was held behind closed doors at the Collège de France, so was not open to the public, but was broadcast live on our website.

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Luigi Rizzi

Luigi Rizzi

General Linguistics
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