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Alfred Bammesberger

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Alfred Bammesberger (25 September 1938 – 7 January 2025) was a German academic who became Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Linguistics at the Catholic University of Eichstätt.

Life and career

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State examination in English and French 1962–1965, Dr. phil. (Munich 1965), Habilitation (Freiburg 1970). Professor of English and Comparative Linguistics, Catholic University of Eichstätt from 1980, emeritus 2006. Declined appointments: Münster (1979), Würzburg (1988), Freiburg (1989).

Bammesberger was the author of more than 25 scholarly books and numerous essays on historical linguistics, with a focus on Indo-Germanic studies, Old German studies, English studies, and Baltic studies. From 1985 to 2015, Alfred Bammesberger was editor of the journal Historische Sprachforschung/Historical Linguistics and he was still co-editor of the journal Onomasiology Online (2022). He was an external member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences in Krakow.

Bammesberger died on 7 January 2025, at the age of 86.[1]

Works (selection)

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  • Deverbative jan-Verba des Altenglischen - Munich, 1965
  • Abstraktbildungen in den baltischen Sprachen (= Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiet der indogermanischen Sprachen. Ergänzungshefte. 22). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1973, ISBN 3-525-26208-6 (Simultaneously abridged: Freiburg, university, Habilitations-Schrift, 1971).
  • Beiträge zu einem etymologischen Wörterbuch des Altenglischen [Contributions to an etymological Dictionary of the Old English language] - Heidelberg : Winter, 1979
  • Englische Sprachwissenschaft English Linguistics- Munich: Minerva-Publikation, 1981
  • An outline of modern Irish grammar - Heidelberg: Winter, 1983
  • Twentieth century Irish prose - Heidelberg: Winter, 1984
  • A sketch of diachronic English morphology - Regensburg: Pustet, 1984
  • Studien zur Laryngaltheorie [Studies on Laryngeal Theory] - Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1984
  • Lateinische Sprachwissenschaft Latin Linguistics - Regensburg : Pustet, 1984
  • As editor: The etymological dictionary. Questions of conception and design. Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1983.
  • English etymology. Carl Winter, Heidelberg 1984.
  • Problems of old English lexicography - Regensburg: Pustet, 1985
  • Linguistic notes on Old English poetic texts - Heidelberg: Winter, 1986
  • Der Aufbau des germanischen Verbalsystems - Heidelberg: Winter, 1986
  • English linguistics - Heidelberg: Winter, 1989
  • Britain 400–600 - Heidelberg: Winter, 1990
  • As editor with Gaby Waxenberger: Pforzen und Bergakker. New investigations on runic inscriptions (= Historische Sprachforschung. Ergänzungsheft. 41). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1990, ISBN 3-525-26231-0, (digital copy).
  • Old English runes and their continental background - Heidelberg: Winter, 1991
  • Akten des VIII. Internationalen Kolloquiums zur Lateinischen Linguistik / International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics (1995: Eichstätt). - Heidelberg: Winter, 1996
  • Index to the Journal of Comparative Linguistics, Volumes 1–100 (1851–1987). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1997.
  • As editor: Baltic Studies. Tasks and Methods (= Indo-European Library. Dept. 3: Investigations. 19). Winter, Heidelberg 1998, ISBN 3-8253-0726-3.
  • Baltistik - Heidelberg: Winter, 1998
  • Repetitorium zur englischen Sprachwissenschaft - Heidelberg: Winter, 1999
  • Languages in prehistoric Europe - Heidelberg: Winter, 2003
  • Das fuþark und seine einzelsprachlichen Weiterentwicklungen - Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2006 (online ressource)

Literature about A. Bammesberger

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  • Bammesberger, Alfred. In: Wilfried Kürschner (ed.): Linguisten-Handbuch. 2 vols. Narr, Tübingen 1994, ISBN 3-8233-5000-5, vol. 1, p. 31 f. (online).

References

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  1. ^ Ingolstadt, Katholische Universität Eichstätt- (14 January 2025). "Sprachwissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Alfred Bammesberger verstorben". Katholische Universität Eichstätt - Ingolstadt (in German). Retrieved 15 January 2025.
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