Wilhelm Streitberg
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Wilhelm August Streitberg (23 February 1856 in Rüdesheim am Rhein–19 August 1925 in Leipzig
) was a German
Indo-Europeanist, specializing in Germanic languages
. Together with Karl Brugmann
he founded the Indogermanische Forschungen
journal.
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
) was a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Indo-Europeanist, specializing in Germanic languages
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
. Together with Karl Brugmann
Karl Brugmann
Karl Brugmann was a German linguist. He is a towering figure in Indo-European linguistics.-Biography:He was educated at Halle and Leipzig. He was instructor in the gymnasium at Wiesbaden and at Leipzig, and in 1872-77 was assistant at the Russian Institute of Classical Philology at the latter place...
he founded the Indogermanische Forschungen
Indogermanische Forschungen
Indogermanische Forschungen is a peer-reviewed academic journal of linguistics. It focuses primarily on Indo-European studies, but also publishes contributions on other languages and linguistic fields. It was established in 1892 by Karl Brugmann and Wilhelm Streitberg, and is presently published...
journal.
Works
- 1896 Urgermanische Grammatik
- 1897 GotischesGothic languageGothic is an extinct Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. It is known primarily from the Codex Argenteus, a 6th-century copy of a 4th-century Bible translation, and is the only East Germanic language with a sizable Text corpus...
Elementarbuch (2nd edition 1906, 3rd and 4th editions 1910, 5th and 6th editions 1920)
External links
- TITUS-Galeria: Streitberg at titus.uni-frankfurt.de
- http://www.indogermanistik.lmu.de/geschichte/Streitberg.htm
- Gotisch-Griechisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (1910)
- Gotisches Elementarbuch (1920)