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Karl Brugmann

Historical and Comparative Linguistics

Karl Friedrich Christian Brugmann was a German linguist and one of the founders of the Neogrammarian school. He is best known for his contributions to Indo-European linguistics, particularly in historical phonology and morphology, and he helped formulate the Neogrammarian principle of the regularity of sound change. He was a principal author of the Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen, a reference work in comparative Indo-European grammar.

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Birth Year
1849 1
Death Year
1919 1
Role
German linguist, a founder of the Neogrammarian school 1
Birth Date
1849-03-16 1
Death Date
1919-06-29 1
Classification
Nationality
Germany 1
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Co-authored the Neogrammarian Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen, the standard comparative grammar of the Indo-European languages.

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1. Wikipedia: Karl Brugmann
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    was a German linguist and one of the founders of the Neogrammarian school.
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    16 March 1849-29 June 1919
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    16 March 1849-29 June 1919
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    Karl Friedrich Christian Brugmann was a German linguist and one of the founders of the Neogrammarian school.
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