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Antoine Meillet Quotes

1866–1936 France

Paul Jules Antoine Meillet (French: [ɑ̃twan mɛjɛ]; 11 November 1866 Moulins, France – 21 September 1936 Châteaumeillant, France) was one of the most important French linguists of the early 20th century. He began his studies at the Sorbonne University, where he was influenced by Michel Bréal, Ferdinand de Saussure and the members of the L'Année Sociologique.

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Every language forms a system in which everything is interconnected.

Introduction à l'étude comparative des langues indo-européennes (1903)

Every linguistic fact is part of a whole in which all parts are interrelated.

La méthode comparative en linguistique historique (1925)

Anyone wishing to hear how Indo-Europeans spoke should come and listen to a Lithuanian peasant.

It remains quite clear, however, that Indic and Iranian developed from different Indo-European dialects, whose period of common development was not long enough to effect total fusion.

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