Frederik Kortlandt
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Frederik Kortlandt is a Dutch linguist and Indo-Europeanist known for his influential and often controversial work on the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European and the relationships among its daughter branches.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frederik Kortlandt canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4119680 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederik Kortlandt Context triple: [Italo-Celtic group, hasProponent, Frederik Kortlandt]
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A.
Maarten ’t Hart
Maarten ’t Hart is a Dutch writer and biologist known for his psychologically rich novels and essays, often drawing on his strict religious upbringing and love of classical music.
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B.
Rogier Stoffers
Rogier Stoffers is a Dutch cinematographer known for his work on a range of international films and television productions.
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C.
Daniël Stalpaert
Daniël Stalpaert was a 17th-century Dutch architect and city planner known for his influential role in shaping Amsterdam’s urban landscape.
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D.
Andreas Schelfhout
Andreas Schelfhout was a prominent 19th-century Dutch landscape painter and influential teacher associated with the Romantic movement in the Netherlands.
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E.
Johannes Uytenbogaert
Johannes Uytenbogaert was a leading Dutch Remonstrant minister and theologian of the early 17th century, known as a chief spokesman for Arminianism in the Netherlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederik Kortlandt Target entity description: Frederik Kortlandt is a Dutch linguist and Indo-Europeanist known for his influential and often controversial work on the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European and the relationships among its daughter branches.
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A.
Maarten ’t Hart
Maarten ’t Hart is a Dutch writer and biologist known for his psychologically rich novels and essays, often drawing on his strict religious upbringing and love of classical music.
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B.
Rogier Stoffers
Rogier Stoffers is a Dutch cinematographer known for his work on a range of international films and television productions.
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C.
Daniël Stalpaert
Daniël Stalpaert was a 17th-century Dutch architect and city planner known for his influential role in shaping Amsterdam’s urban landscape.
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D.
Andreas Schelfhout
Andreas Schelfhout was a prominent 19th-century Dutch landscape painter and influential teacher associated with the Romantic movement in the Netherlands.
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E.
Johannes Uytenbogaert
Johannes Uytenbogaert was a leading Dutch Remonstrant minister and theologian of the early 17th century, known as a chief spokesman for Arminianism in the Netherlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Europeanist
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human ⓘ linguist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Leiden University
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linked to:
University of Leiden
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| employer |
Leiden University
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Leiden
|
| familyName | Kortlandt ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Baltic linguistics
ⓘ
Germanic linguistics ⓘ Indo-European studies ⓘ Slavic linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ language reconstruction ⓘ linguistics ⓘ morphology ⓘ phonology ⓘ |
| givenName | Frederik ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
Balto-Slavic linguistics
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Indo-European linguistics ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudent | Alexander Lubotsky ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
comparative method in linguistics
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structuralist linguistics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Balto-Slavic accentology
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Indo-European accentology ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European phonology
controversial hypotheses in Indo-European linguistics ⓘ laryngeal theory in Indo-European ⓘ reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European ⓘ theories on Indo-European daughter-branch relationships ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Leiden School of Indo-European linguistics
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linked to:
Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
|
| name | Frederik Kortlandt ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableWork |
articles on Indo-European morphology
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studies on Balto-Slavic accentuation ⓘ studies on Proto-Indo-European phonology ⓘ |
| occupation |
linguist
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university professor ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Leiden ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Frederik Kortlandt Description of subject: Frederik Kortlandt is a Dutch linguist and Indo-Europeanist known for his influential and often controversial work on the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European and the relationships among its daughter branches.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.