Derek Bickerton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Derek Bickerton

American linguist

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1926

Place of Birth: Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Mar-2018

Profession: writer, university teacher, linguist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Derek Bickerton (March 25, 1926 – March 5, 2018) was an English-born American linguist and academic who was professor emeritus at the University of Hawaii in Manoa.
Based on his work in creole languages in Guyana and Hawaii, he has proposed that the features of creole languages provide powerful insights into the development of language both by individuals and as a feature of the human species.
He is the originator and main proponent of the language bioprogram hypothesis according to which the similarity of creoles is due to their being formed from a prior pidgin by children who all share a universal human innate grammar capacity.Bickerton also wrote several novels.
His novels have been featured in the works of the Sun Ra Revival Post Krautrock Archestra, through spoken word and musical themes.