Claus Killing-Günkel (born Günkel; 9 October 1963), in Esperanto also known as Nikolao Günkel, is a German teacher and
interlinguist.
Life
Claus J. Killing-Günkel was born Claus J. Günkel in
Eschweiler
Eschweiler (, Ripuarian: ) is a municipality in the district of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany on the river Inde, near the German-Belgian-Dutch border, and about east of Aachen and west of Cologne.
History
* Celts (fir ...
, a city in western
Rhineland
The Rhineland (german: Rheinland; french: Rhénanie; nl, Rijnland; ksh, Rhingland; Latinised name: ''Rhenania'') is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section.
Term
Historically, the Rhinelands ...
, where he grew up, attended
Städtisches Gymnasium Eschweiler and lived from 1963 to 1989 and from 1999 to 2009. From 1982 to 1992, he studied mathematics, computer science and French at the
RWTH Aachen University
RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch ...
and the
University of Paderborn
Paderborn University (german: Universität Paderborn) is one of the fourteen public research universities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It was founded in 1972 and 20,308 students were enrolled at the university in the winter ...
. At the latter, in 1993 and 1994, he was a
lecturer
Lecturer is an List of academic ranks, academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. T ...
in the Department of Education. Since 1997 he works as a
berufskolleg teacher.
He is also a city guide and until 2012 he was a member of the board of ''Eschweiler Geschichtsverein'' (EGV) (i.e. Eschweiler Historical Society) and of the ''Fördererverein Nothberger Burg'' (i.e. Nothberg Castle Sponsors' Society). He has two children and currently lives in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
; since 2010 he is called Killing-Günkel.
Activity related to Esperanto
In 1981, Killing-Günkel learned the
constructed language
A constructed language (sometimes called a conlang) is a language whose phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, instead of having developed naturally, are consciously devised for some purpose, which may include being devised for a work of fiction. ...
Esperanto
Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...
. In the
Esperanto movement
The Esperanto movement, less commonly referred to as Esperantism ( eo, Esperantismo), is a movement to disseminate the use of the planned international language Esperanto.See the definition in theDeklaracio pri la Esenco de la Esperantismo (" ...
, he has managed publications, organized international meetings, founded an Esperanto youth group in Eschweiler and taught that language inter alia at the
adult high school
An adult high school or adult school is a high school facility designed for adult education. It is intended for adults who have not completed high school to continue their education. Some adult high schools offer child care, special integration pro ...
of
Düren
Düren (; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur.
History
Roman era
The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory of the Eburones, a people ...
.
He is an
Esperantologist, member of ''Gesellschaft für Interlinguistik'' (GIL) (Society for Interlinguistics) and of the scientists' staff of ''
Akademio Internacia de la Sciencoj San Marino
The International Academy of Sciences San Marino ( eo, Akademio Internacia de la Sciencoj San Marino, AIS) was a scientific association. It was established in 1983 and had its first convention, SUS 1, around New Year 1984 in the City of San Marino ...
'' (AIS) as well as lector for mathematics of the international ''Scienca Revuo''. In the 1980s and 1990s, he wrote articles for ''
Kontakto
''Kontakto'' is an Esperanto magazine published by TEJO and supported by the Universal Esperanto Association (UEA). The magazine has readers in about 90 countries of the world. It started in 1963 through a proposal of the UEA committee by Humphre ...
'', ''
Monato
''Monato'' is a monthly magazine produced in Esperanto which carries articles on politics, culture and economics. It is printed in Belgium and distributed to readers in 65 countries. The title simply means "month".
It has 100 correspondents ...
'' and ''La Gazeto''.
His field of activity within Esperanto Studies includes
lexicography
Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries.
* Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries.
* Theoretica ...
,
etymology
Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...
, Esperanto offshoots (called
Esperantido
An Esperantido (plural Esperantidoj) is a constructed language derived from Esperanto. ''Esperantido'' originally referred to the language which is now known as Ido. The word ''Esperantido'' contains the affix (''-ido''), which means a "child (' ...
s) and language propaedeutics within the scope of cybernetic pedagogy. First classifications of Esperantidos are made by him. Furthermore, he deals with
Volapük
Volapük (; , "Language of the World", or lit. "World Speak") is a constructed language created between 1879 and 1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Catholic priest in Baden, Germany, who believed that God had told him in a dream to create an i ...
,
Interlingue
Interlingue (; ISO 639 ''ie'', ''ile''), originally Occidental (), is an international auxiliary language created in 1922 and renamed in 1949. Its creator, Edgar de Wahl, sought to achieve maximal grammatical regularity and natural character. ...
,
Interlingua
Interlingua (; ISO 639 language codes ia, ina) is an international auxiliary language (IAL) developed between 1937 and 1951 by the American International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). It ranks among the most widely used IALs and is t ...
,
Glosa
Glosa is a constructed international auxiliary language based on Interglossa (a previous ''draft of an auxiliary'' published in 1943). The first Glosa dictionary was published 1978. The name of the language comes from the Greek root ''glossa'' ...
and
Ido
Ido () is a constructed language derived from Reformed Esperanto, and similarly designed with the goal of being a universal second language for people of diverse backgrounds. To function as an effective ''international auxiliary language'', I ...
and edited an Esperantido magazine called ''Nova Provo'' (i.e. New Attempt) in the 1990s. He has contributed to various reference books and tools of Esperanto, including the
Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto
''Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto'' (PIV; ''Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto'') is a monolingual dictionary of the language Esperanto. It was first compiled in 1970 by a large team of Esperanto linguists and specialists under ...
of 2002.
See also
*
List of contributors to PIV Killing-Günkel was responsible for technical terms for
geodesy
Geodesy ( ) is the Earth science of accurately measuring and understanding Earth's figure (geometric shape and size), orientation in space, and gravity. The field also incorporates studies of how these properties change over time and equivale ...
,
topography
Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area may refer to the land forms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps.
Topography is a field of geoscience and planetary sci ...
,
cuisine
A cuisine is a style of cooking characterized by distinctive ingredients, techniques and dishes, and usually associated with a specific culture or geographic region. Regional food preparation techniques, customs, and ingredients combine to ...
and
science
Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...
as well as for colloquial and
taboo
A taboo or tabu is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, sacred, or allowed only for certain persons.''Encyclopædia Britannica ...
words.
Fonts
;Esperantological publications
* ''Gunkela Vortaro''. 1991. 4th edition 2002. Esperanto
neologism dictionnary with 1,764 headwords. Self-publishing.
* ''Vortaro Volapuko-Esperanto Esperanto-Volapuko kun etimologiaj rimarkoj'' (i.e. Dictionnary Volapük-Esperanto Esperanto-Volapük with etymologic remarks). 1996.
* ''NOVO, Nova Provo: 7 jaroj kaj 11 numeroj – provo bilanci sen saldi''. In: ''De A al B''. Festlibro por André Albault (i.e. Festschrift in honor of André Albault). 2002, .
; Publications on linguistic cybernetics
* ''Zur optimalen Dauer des Sprachorientierungsunterrichts (SpOU)''. In: ''Grundlagenstudien aus Kybernetik und Geisteswissenschaft''. Tome 35, booklet 2, 1994.
* with Huang Yani: ''Transferefiko de ILo sur la anglan depende de la gepatra lingvo – konkrete okaze de la china, germana kaj franca'' (i.e. Transfer efficance from Esperanto to English depending from the mother tongue — concrete in the cases of Chinese, German and French). In: ''Grundlagenstudien aus Kybernetik und Geisteswissenschaft''. Tome 41, booklet 3, 2000.
;Poetry and fiction
* ''Poemete poeteme''. 2nd edition. 1989. (In 2004, one of his
poem
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...
s was set to music by Jak LePuil on his CD ''Mi estas'' (i.e. I am).)
* amatory poems and funny stories in the Esperanto humor magazine ''La KancerKliniko''
* Science-fiction short stories ''Letero el la jaro 2612'' and ''Kredo''. In: ''Sferoj – Sciencfikcio kaj Fantasto''. Tome 8, 1993. ; ''Ondoj''.
Review by A. Giridhar Rao
from 9 August 2013 In: ''Sferoj – Sciencfikcio kaj Fantasto''. Tome 10, 2000. .
;Lectures (excerpt)
*Berlin, 1994: ''Rechnerinterlinguistik und die Axiomatisierung der Esperantogrammatik'' (i.e. computer interlinguistics and the axiomatization of Esperanto grammar)
*Berlin, 1995: ''Übersetzungsprobleme und Entscheidungsmechanismen bei der Revision kulinarischer Begriffe eines Esperantowörterbuchs'' (i.e. translation problems and decision-making mechanisms in the revision of culinary terms of an Esperanto dictionary)
*Berlin, 1996: ''Der aktuelle Stand von Esperantiden - Vorstellung und Schlussbemerkung'' (i.e. the current status of Esperantido
An Esperantido (plural Esperantidoj) is a constructed language derived from Esperanto. ''Esperantido'' originally referred to the language which is now known as Ido. The word ''Esperantido'' contains the affix (''-ido''), which means a "child (' ...
s - introduction and conclusion)
*Berlin, 1998: ''Ein Schülerwörterbuch Esperanto-Deutsch / Deutsch-Esperanto in Verbindung mit einer Esperanto-AG an einem Gymnasium'' (i.e. s student dictionary Esperanto-German / German-Esperanto in conjunction with an Esperanto workshop at a high school)
*Motovun 2000: ''Reformprojektoj kaj proponoj pri nova alfabeto'' (i.e. reform projects and proposals for a new alphabet)
*Berlin, 2000: ''Strukturvergleich von Esperantiden – Wo setzt die Kritik am Esperanto an?'' (i.e. structural comparison of Esperantidos - where does the criticism on Esperanto apply?
*Berlin, 2002: ''Sprachkybernetische Axiomatisierung und Berechnung von Lernerfolg'' (i.e. linguistic-cybernetic axiomatization and calculation of learning success)
*Berlin, 2010: ''Cliiuy – wie ich eine Sprache erfand'' (i.e. Cliiuy - how I invented a language)
*Berlin, 2013: ''Sprachschöpfung in der Koniologie, einem neuen Feld der Algebra'' (i.e. creation of language in coniology, a new field of algebra)
References
External links
Literary reviews in „La Gazeto“
(Esperanto)
Review on the novella collection „Ekstremoj“
(Esperanto)
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1963 births
Living people
German Esperantists
Volapükologists
German schoolteachers
People from Eschweiler
RWTH Aachen University alumni
Paderborn University alumni