French comparative linguist, a student of Ferdinand de Saussure, who became the most influential figure in early twentieth-century Indo-European studies. He formalized the concept of grammaticalization, the process by which autonomous words become grammatical markers, and through his chair at the College de France from 1905 trained a generation of linguists including Emile Benveniste, Georges Dumezil and Andre Martinet.
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RoleLinguist, Comparative Indo-Europeanist 1 Connections
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The dominant figure in early twentieth-century Indo-European comparative studies.
Source Wikipedia: Antoine Meillet
Influenced
Meillet was Benveniste's teacher at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes and shaped his structural approach to Indo-European linguistics.
Source Wikipedia: Antoine Meillet
Influenced By
Meillet studied under Saussure and carried his structural approach into Indo-European comparative linguistics.
Source Wikipedia: Antoine Meillet
Breal was Meillet teacher in Paris and a formative influence on his approach to historical and comparative linguistics.
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French comparative linguist, a student of Ferdinand de Saussure, who became the most influential figure in early twentieth-century Indo-European studies.
- Associated With: Indo-European
- Influenced By: Ferdinand de Saussure
Influenced: Emile Benveniste, Legacy section
Meillet is remembered as the mentor of an entire generation of linguists and philologists such as Emile Benveniste.
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