Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke
Swiss linguist (1861–1936)
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Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (Swiss Standard German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈmaɪər ˈlʏpkɛ]; 30 January 1861 – 4 October 1936) was a Swiss philologist of the Neogrammarian school of linguistics.
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| Born | 30 January 1861 Dübendorf, Switzerland |
| Died | 4 October 1936 (aged 75) |
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| Alma mater | University of Zürich University of Berlin |
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| Discipline | philology |
Sub-discipline | Romance philology |
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Notable works | Grammatik der romanischen Sprachen |
Biography
Meyer-Lübke, a nephew of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer,[1] was born in Dübendorf, Switzerland. He studied Indo-European philology at Zürich (with Heinrich Schweizer-Sidler) and at Berlin (with Johannes Schmidt). He obtained his PhD in Romance philology with a dissertation on Die Schicksale des lateinischen Neutrums im Romanischen (1883). After a stay in Italy, he qualified to lecture at Zürich and then attended lectures by Gaston Paris in Paris.[2][3]
While lecturing at Zürich in 1887, he was appointed associate professor of comparative linguistics at Jena. From there he was called in 1890 to Vienna, where he was a professor of Romance philology from 1892 to 1915, as well as serving as dean and rector (1906/07). He then went to Bonn, where he was appointed to the professorship formerly held by Friedrich Diez.[3] However, Meyer-Lübke soon felt the difference between the cosmopolitan Vienna and provincial Bonn. He consoled himself with lecture tours and visiting professorships abroad. Meyer-Lübke was a leading Romance linguist of his time.[4]
Key published works
- Grammatik der romanischen Sprachen ("Grammar of the Romance Languages") published in 4 volumes between 1890 and 1902.[5]
- Einführung in das Studium der romanischen Sprachwissenschaft ("Introduction to the Study of Romance Linguistics"), 1901.[6]
- Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch ("Etymological Dictionary of Romance"), Heidelberg, C. Winter, 1911.[7][8]
