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Roland Posner
1942-06-30 – 2020-05-26
Life & Legacy
Roland Posner (30 June 1942 in Prague – 26 May 2020 in Berlin) was a German semiotician and linguist.
He was Professor of Technische Universität Berlin since 1974.
He was editor-in-chief of the Zeitschrift für Semiotik and an editor of a major 4-volume handbook in semiotics.
He was the President of the International Association for Semiotic Studies in 1994–2004.
He was one of founders of the International Society for Gesture Studies.
Occupation & Career
university teacher, artist, linguist, photographer
Legacy Highlights
Employer
Technische Universität Berlin
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q2162975 — wikidata View source
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