Björn Collinder
Encyclopedia
Björn Collinder was a Swedish linguist. His name is sometimes spelled "Bjorn Collinder" in English-language contexts.
Collinder was born in Sundsvall
, Sweden
.
For much of his life he was a professor of Finno-Ugric languages
at Uppsala University
in Sweden.
He was one of the world's leading experts in the Uralic languages
, noted for his Comparative Grammar of the Uralic Languages (1960), which is still often cited today.
He died in Vienna
, Austria
.
Collinder was born in Sundsvall
Sundsvall
-External links:* - Official site from Nordisk Familjebok - Sundsvalls tourist information bureau. - The alternative guide to Sundsvall. - Blog with photos from Sundsvall....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
For much of his life he was a professor of Finno-Ugric languages
Finno-Ugric languages
Finno-Ugric , Finno-Ugrian or Fenno-Ugric is a traditional group of languages in the Uralic language family that comprises the Finno-Permic and Ugric language families....
at Uppsala University
Uppsala University
Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...
in Sweden.
He was one of the world's leading experts in the Uralic languages
Uralic languages
The Uralic languages constitute a language family of some three dozen languages spoken by approximately 25 million people. The healthiest Uralic languages in terms of the number of native speakers are Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, Mari and Udmurt...
, noted for his Comparative Grammar of the Uralic Languages (1960), which is still often cited today.
He died in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
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Selected works
- 1929. Über den finnisch-lappischen Quantitätswechsel I. Uppsala.
- 1934. Indo-uralisches Sprachgut. Uppsala.
- 1938. Lautlehre des waldlappischen dialektes von Gällivare. Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura. (= Mémoires de la Société finno-ougrienne 74.)
- 1939. Reichstürkische Lautstudien. Uppsala.
- 1940. Jukagirisch und Uralisch. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell.
- 1943. Lappisches Wörterverzeichnis aus Härjedalen. Uppsala.
- 1947. La parenté linguistique et le calcul des probabilités. Uppsala.
- 1949. The Lapps. New York: Princeton University Press for the American Scandinavian Foundation.
- 1949. The Lappish Dialect of Jukkasjärvi: A Morphological Survey. Uppsala: Almquist & Wiksell.
- 1954. Scandinavica et fenno-ugrica. Almqvist & Wiksell.
- 1955. Fenno-Ugric Vocabulary: An Etymological Dictionary of the Uralic Languages. (Collective work.) Stockholm: Almqvist & Viksell. (Second, revised edition: Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, 1977.)
- 1957. Survey of the Uralic Languages. (Collective work.) Stockholm: Almqvist & Viksell.
- 1957. Den Poetiska Eddan. Orebro: Forum.
- 1960. Comparative Grammar of the Uralic Languages. Stockholm: Almqvist & Viksell.
- 1964. Ordbok till Sveriges lapska ortnamn. Uppsala.
- 1964. The Kalevala and Its Background. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell.
- 1964. Sprachverwandschaft und Wahrscheinlichkeit. Ausgewählte Schriften neu veröffentlicht zum 70. Geburtstag des Verfassers 22. Juli 1964 zusammen mit einer Bibliographie der Werke von Björn Collinder 1921-1964. Uppsala.
- 1965. An Introduction to the Uralic Languages. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press
- 1965. Hat das Uralische verwandte ? Eine sprachvergleichende Untersuchung. Uppsala
- 1968. Kritische Bemerkungen zum saussure'schen Cours de linguistique générale. Uppsala.
- 1970. Noam Chomsky und die generative Grammatik. Eine kritische Betrachtung. Uppsala.
- 1977. Svensk ordnyckel med förkortningslexikon. Brunna: Förlagshuset Fyris AB.
- 1978. Sprache und Sprachen. Einführung in die Sprachwissenschaft. Hamburg: Buske.
- 1983. Stora ordboken. Svensk ordnyckel. Liber.