KURYLOWICZ, JERZY


Meaning of KURYLOWICZ, JERZY in English

born Aug. 26, 1895, Stanislav, Galicia, Austria-Hungary

died Jan. 28, 1978, Kraków, Pol.

Polish historical linguist.

His identification of the Hittite medial h in 1927 substantiated the existence of laryngeals, the Indo-European speech sounds postulated by Ferdinand de Saussure , and stimulated much research in Indo-European phonology . His books include Apophony in Indo-European (1956) and The Inflectional Categories of Indo-European (1964).

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.      Краткая энциклопедия Британика.