Alfred Bammesberger (born 25 September 1938 in Munich) is Professor Emeritus of English and

Comparative Linguistics Comparative linguistics, or comparative-historical linguistics (formerly comparative philology) is a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages to establish their historical relatedness. Genetic relatedness ...

at the Catholic University of Eichstätt.

Scientific career

State examination in English and French 1962–1965, Dr. phil. (Munich 1965),

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(Freiburg 1970). Professor of English and Comparative Linguistics, Catholic University of Eichstätt from 1980, emeritus 2006. Rejected appointments: Münster (1979), Würzburg (1988), Freiburg (1989). Bammesberger is 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 is still co-editor of the journal ''

Onomasiology Onomasiology (from el, ὀνομάζω ''onomāzο'' 'to name', which in turn is from ὄνομα ''onoma'' 'name') is a branch of linguistics concerned with the question "how do you express X?" It is in fact most commonly understood as a branch of ...

Online'' (2022). He is an external member of the

Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences or Polish Academy of Learning ( pl, Polska Akademia Umiejętności), headquartered in Kraków and founded in 1872, is one of two institutions in contemporary Poland having the nature of an academy of scien ...

in Krakow.

Works (selection)

* ''Deverbative jan-Verba des Altenglischen'' - München, 1965 * ''Abstraktbildungen in den baltischen Sprachen'' (=

Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung ''Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics'' is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering Indo-European historical linguistics. It is the second oldest linguistics journal still in publication. The current editors-in-chief are ...

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 ontributions to an etymological Dictionary of the Old English language' - Heidelberg : Winter, 1979 * ''Englische Sprachwissenschaft English Linguistics''- München : 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

Laryngeal Theory The laryngeal theory is a theory in the historical linguistics of the Indo-European languages positing that: * The Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) had a series of phonemes beyond those reconstructable by the comparative method. That is, the ...

]'' - Göttingen : Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1984 * ''Lateinische Sprachwissenschaft Latin, Latin Linguistics'' - Regensburg : Pustet, 1984 * As editor: ''The etymological dictionary. Questions of conception and design''. Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1983. * ''

English etymology English etymology is the study of where English words came from. It may refer to: * History of the English language * English words of Greek origin *List of Greek morphemes used in English *List of Greek and Latin roots in English * Latin influence ...

''. 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

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''. 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

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

External links

Literature by and about Alfred Bammesberger
in the Catalog of the German National Library
Alfred Bammesberger on the website of the KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
* Alfred Bammesberger as Co-Editor o

* Editorial of Historische Sprachforschung vol. 128 (2015) on the occasion o
Bammesbergers retirement after 30 years as editor

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Alfred Bammesberger on the website
of

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