Oswald Ducrot
Oswald Ducrot was a French linguist. He was a professor and research fellow at CNRS. He was recently a professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris.
He was the author of a number of works, particularly on enunciation. He developed a theory of argumentation in language with Jean-Claude Anscombre.
Ducrot died on 8 June 2024, at the age of 93.