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Arab grammarian

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Italian humanist

Lindley Murray

American grammarian

Ienăchiƫă Văcărescu

Romanian author

Elijah Bokher Levita

Italian grammarian

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French philosopher

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Otto Jespersen

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August Schleicher

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