Joseph Vendryes
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| Born | 13 January 1875 |
| Died | 30 January 1960 (aged 85) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
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| Fields | Linguistics |
| Institutions | École Pratique des Hautes Études |
Joseph Vendryes or Vendryès (French: [vɑ̃dʁiɛs]; 13 January 1875 – 30 January 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]
He studied the phenomenon of syntactic dislocation.
Published works
[edit]- Recherches sur l'histoire et les effets de l'intensité initiale en latin ('Research on the History and the Effects of Initial Intensity in Latin', 1902)
- Traité d'accentuation grecque ('A Treatise on Greek Accentuation', 1904)
- Grammaire du vieil-irlandais ('A Grammar of Old Irish', 1908)
- Le langage ('Language', 1921)
- La position linguistique du celtique ('The Linguistic Position of Celtic', 1930)
- La Religion des Celtes ('The Religion of the Celts', 1948)
- Choix d'études linguistiques et celtiques ('Selections of Linguistic and Celtic Studies', 1952)
- Lexique étymologique de l'irlandais ancien ('An Etymological Lexicon of Old Irish', 1959)[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ John Thomas Koch, ed. Celtic Culture: a historical encyclopedia, ABC-Clio, 2006, p. 1729
- ^ Esterhill, Frank, Interlingua Institute: A History, New York: Interlingua Institute, 2000.
- ^ Open Library: J. Vendryes
