Joseph Vendryes

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Joseph Vendryes (1875-1960) was a French linguist. 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.^[1]

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1. ^ Esterhill, Frank, Interlingua Institute: A History, New York: Interlingua Institute, 2000.

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Language is a physiological act since it uses many organs of the human body. It is a psychological act since it supposes the willing activity of the spirit. It is a social act since it fulfils a need for communication between men. Lastly it is a historical fact, attested under various forms. — Le Langage, introduction linguistique à l'histoire. 1921.