Brekle worked from 1951 to 1957 as a
compositor,
proofreader, and
printer. He studied
English philology,
Romance studies and
philosophy at the
University of Tübingen from 1958 to 1963, and obtained his doctorate in 1963. In 1974/75, he was a visiting professor at
McGill University in
Montreal, Quebec,
Canada, and ten years later at the
Université de Paris VII (1984/85). From 1984 to 1986, Brekle also held the office of the chairman of the German Linguistic Society (
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft). Parallel to his academic work, Brekle has also been active in politics and has held various political offices: In 1960/61, he chaired the
General Students' Committee and the
Baden-Württemberg branch of the Association of German student bodies (
Verband Deutscher Studentenschaften). From 1972 to 1978 and again from 1990 to 1996, Brekle was member of the city council of
Regensburg, and from 1978 to 1982 member of the district assembly (
Bezirkstag) of
Upper Palatinate. Between 1978 and 1986, he also served as chairman of the Regensburg county group of the Bavarian branch of the
League for the environment and nature conservation (
Bund Naturschutz in Bayern). He died on 6 May 2018 at the age of 82. == Works ==