Michel Jules Alfred Bréal was a French philologist born at Landau in the Rhenish Palatinate. He is often identified as a founder of modern semantics, and was also the creator of the modern marathon race, having proposed its first running at the 1896 Olympic Games and offered what became known as Bréals Silver Cup to the winner.
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RoleFrench philologist, founder of modern semantics 2 Role
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A comparative philologist of the Indo-European languages who coined the term semantics in his 1897 Essai de semantique.
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Breal was Meillet teacher in Paris and a formative influence on his approach to historical and comparative linguistics.
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1. Jewish Encyclopedia: BRÉAL, MICHEL JULES ALFRED
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2. Wikipedia: Michel Bréal
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Michel Jules Alfred Bréal (French: [miʃɛl bʁeal]; 26 March 1832 - 25 November 1915), French philologist, was born at Landau in Rhenish Palatinate.
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French philologist, was born at Landau in Rhenish Palatinate. He is often identified as a founder of modern semantics.
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