General Characteristics of the Germanic Languages
144 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
No Illus.
Paperback
Release Date:04 Dec 2005
ISBN:9780817352950
General Characteristics of the Germanic Languages
By Antoine Meillet; Translated by William P. Dismukes
University of Alabama Press
Classics on Indo-European languages.
Antoine Meillet (1866–1936) is one of the most important linguists of all time. A French linguist and Indo-Europeanist, he was the author of over two dozen books and reference works that are still widely consulted, including The Comparative Method in Historical Linguistics and General Characteristics of the Germanic Languages. Meillet was a student of Ferdinand de Saussure, intellectual father of structuralism, at the Sorbonne. He spent most of his career at the College of France, teaching a generation of students who would be influential in their own right.
Books by Meillet are still basic treatments of data that underpin the discipline and are clearly written so that students who want to fill in background can do so.'-- Carol F. Justus, University of Texas-Austin
I have found it very useful to be able to consult Meillet's writings in English. . . . Meillet is still widely read and highly valued.'-- Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Universitat Potsdam
William P. Dismukes served for many years on the faculty of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at the University of Miami.
