Michael Meier-Brügger (; born 13 August 1948) is a Swiss

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

and

Indo-Europeanist Indo-European studies is a field of linguistics and an interdisciplinary field of study dealing with Indo-European languages, both current and extinct. The goal of those engaged in these studies is to amass information about the hypothetical pro ...

. He was

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of comparative and Indo-European linguistics at the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

in 1996–2013. After receiving his Ph.D. from the

University of Zurich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 f ...

in 1973, he became

Ernst Risch Ernst Risch (1911–1988) was a Swiss hellenist and philologist. He was professor of Indo-European studies at the University of Zurich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university locat ...

's assistant there before going on to postdoctoral research in

Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian language, Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative d ...

, Paris, and

Harvard Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. Afterward, he spent three years as a lecturer at

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and

Fribourg , neighboring_municipalities= Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne , twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France) , website = www.ville-fribourg.ch , Location of , Location of () () o ...

. In 1984 he joined the editorial team of the ''Lexikon des frühgriechischen Epos'', becoming ''verantwortlicher Redaktor'' in 1987 (responsible for fascicles 12 (1987) - 20 (2004)). Amongst his notable publications are the ''Griechische Sprachwissenschaft'' (2 vols., 1992) and ''Indogermanische Sprachwissenschaft'' (9th edn. 2010; English version, ''Indo-European Linguistics'', 2003).

External links

personal page
at the FU Berlin website

References

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