Joseph Vendryes or Vendryès (; 13 January 1875,
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
– 30 January 1960) was a French
Celtic linguist. After studying with
Antoine Meillet
Paul Jules Antoine Meillet (; 11 November 1866 Moulins, France – 21 September 1936 Châteaumeillant, France) was one of the most important French linguists of the early 20th century. He began his studies at the Sorbonne University, where he wa ...
, he was chairman of
Celtic languages
The Celtic languages (usually , but sometimes ) are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic. They form a branch of the Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edward ...
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
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigr ...
and a consultant with the
International Auxiliary Language Association, which standardized and presented
Interlingua.
He studied the phenomenon of
dislocation
In materials science, a dislocation or Taylor's dislocation is a linear crystallographic defect or irregularity within a crystal structure that contains an abrupt change in the arrangement of atoms. The movement of dislocations allow atoms to s ...
.
Quote
:''Le Language
..est un acte physiologique en ce qu'il met en œuvre plusieurs organes du corps humain. C'est un acte psychologique en ce qu'il suppose l'activité volontaire de l'esprit. C'est un acte social en ce qu'il répond à un besoin de communication entre les hommes. Enfin, c'est un fait historique, attesté sous des formes très variées...''
:[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...] &mdash
''Le Langage, introduction linguistique à l'histoire''(1921)
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)
* ''La Religion des Celtes'' (1948)
*''Choix d'études linguistiques et celtiques''. Paris: Klincksieck, 1952.
*''Lexique étymologique de l'irlandais ancien'' (1959)
Open Library: J. Vendryes
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See also
* Leo Weisgerber
* Jan de Vries
References
External links
Observations on the English Translation of Vendryes' ''Le Langage''
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1875 births
1960 deaths
Celtic studies scholars
Indo-Europeanists
Linguists from France
Etymologists
Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres