Maurice Grammont (15 April 1866, in Damprichard – 17 October 1946, in

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) was a French linguist. He studied linguistics in Paris as a student of

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and

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. Also, he studied

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in Germany; at

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as a pupil of

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and at the

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under Johannes Schmidt. From 1892 taught classes in linguistics,

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and Lithuanian at the Faculty of Letters in Dijon. In 1895 he was appointed chair of grammar and philology at the Faculty of Letters in Montpellier, where he remained up until his retirement in 1939.Galerie des linguistes franc-comtois
by Jacques Bourquin In 1904/05 he founded the laboratory of experimental

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at the University of Montpellier. He also worked as editor of the journal ''Revue des langues romanes''.

Selected works

* ''Le patois de la Franche-Montagne et en particulier de Damprichard (Franche-Comté)'', 1892 – The patois of the Franche-Montagne, in particular of Damprichard (

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). * ''La dissimilation consonantique dans les langues indo-européennes et dans les langues romanes'', 1895 – Consonant dissimilation in

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and

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. * ''Petit traité de versification française'', 1908 – Brief treatise on French versification. * ''Traité pratique de prononciation française'', 1914 – Practical treatise on

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. * ''Le vers français. Ses moyens d'expression, son harmonie'', 1914 – The French verse; its means of expression; its harmony. * ''Traite de phonétique'', 1933 – Treatise on phonetics. * ''Phonétique du grec ancien'', 1948 – Phonetics of ancient Greek. * ''Essai de psychologie linguistique, style et poésie'', 1950 – Essay on linguistic psychology.Most widely held works about Maurice Grammont
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1866 births 1946 deaths Dialectologists Phoneticians Linguists from France Linguists of Indo-European languages Academic staff of the University of Montpellier Collège de France alumni École pratique des hautes études alumni People from Doubs {{France-linguist-stub