Igor Mel'čuk

Igor Mel'čuk is a Russian-Canadian linguist best known for developing Meaning–Text Theory, a framework that models the relationship between meaning and linguistic expression. His research has made major contributions to lexical semantics, syntax, morphology, and phraseology, particularly through the concept of lexical functions. Mel'čuk has authored numerous influential books and articles and has played a central role in advancing dependency-based approaches to linguistic analysis.