Joseph Vendryes
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Joseph Vendryes (1875–1960) was a French-Celtic linguist.[1] After studying with Antoine Meillet, he was chairman of Celtic languages and literature at the École Pratique des Hautes Études. He founded the journal Études Celtiques. He was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and a consultant with the International Auxiliary Language Association, which standardized and presented Interlingua.[2]
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[edit] Linguistics
Joseph Vendryes studied the phenomenon of dislocation.
[edit] Quote
- Language is a physiological act since it uses many organs of the human body. It is a psychological act since it supposes the willing activity of the spirit. It is a social act since it fulfils a need for communication between men. Lastly it is a historical fact, attested under various forms. — Le Langage, introduction linguistique à l'histoire (1921)
[edit] Published works
- Recherches sur l'histoire et les effets de l'intensité initiale en latin (1902)
- Traité d'accentuation Grecque (1904)
- Grammaire du vieil-irlandais (1908)
- Le langage (1921)
- La position linguistique du Celtique (1930)
- Lexique étymologique de l'irlandais ancien (1959)[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia By John Thomas Koch. pp.1729
- ^ Esterhill, Frank, Interlingua Institute: A History, New York: Interlingua Institute, 2000.
- ^ Open Library: J. Vendryes
