Michael Meier-Brügger (; born 13 August 1948) is a Swiss

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

and

Indo-Europeanist Indo-European studies is a field of linguistics and an interdisciplinary field of study dealing with Indo-European languages, both current and extinct. The goal of those engaged in these studies is to amass information about the hypothetical pro ...

. He was

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

of comparative and Indo-European linguistics at the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

in 1996–2013. After receiving his Ph.D. from the

University of Zurich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 f ...

in 1973, he became

Ernst Risch Ernst Risch (1911–1988) was a Swiss hellenist and philologist. He was professor of Indo-European studies at the University of Zurich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university locat ...

's assistant there before going on to postdoctoral research in

Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative district Erlangen), and with 116,062 inhab ...

, Paris, and Harvard. Afterward, he spent three years as a lecturer at

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...

and

Fribourg , neighboring_municipalities= Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne , twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France) , website = www.ville-fribourg.ch , Location of , Location of () () ...

. In 1984 he joined the editorial team of the ''Lexikon des frühgriechischen Epos'', becoming ''verantwortlicher Redaktor'' in 1987 (responsible for fascicles 12 (1987) - 20 (2004)). Amongst his notable publications are the ''Griechische Sprachwissenschaft'' (2 vols., 1992) and ''Indogermanische Sprachwissenschaft'' (9th edn. 2010; English version, ''Indo-European Linguistics'', 2003).

External links

personal page
at the FU Berlin website

References

Linguists from Germany Living people 1948 births {{Germany-linguist-stub