Joseph Vendryes

Joseph Vendryes or Vendryès (French: [vɑ̃dʁiɛs]; 13 January 1875, Paris – 30 January 1960) was a French Celtic linguist.[1] After studying with Antoine Meillet, he was chairman of Celtic languages and literature at the École Pratique des Hautes Études. He founded the journal Études Celtiques. He was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and a consultant with the International Auxiliary Language Association, which standardized and presented Interlingua.[2]

He studied the phenomenon of dislocation.

  1. ^ John Thomas Koch, ed. Celtic Culture: a historical encyclopedia, ABC-Clio, 2006, p. 1729
  2. ^ Esterhill, Frank, Interlingua Institute: A History, New York: Interlingua Institute, 2000.

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