Karl Jaberg (4 April 1877, in

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– 30 May 1958, in

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

) was a Swiss

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

and dialectologist. He studied

Romance philology Romance studies or Romance philology ( an, filolochía romanica; ca, filologia romànica; french: romanistique; eo, latinida filologio; it, filologia romanza; pt, filologia românica; ro, romanistică; es, filología románica) is an acade ...

at the

University of Bern The University of Bern (german: Universität Bern, french: Université de Berne, la, Universitas Bernensis) is a university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern and was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the Canton of Bern. It ...

, and furthered his education in Paris (1900/01), where his influences included

Gaston Paris Bruno Paulin Gaston Paris (; 9 August 1839 – 5 March 1903) was a French literary historian, philologist, and scholar specialized in Romance studies and medieval French literature. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901, 19 ...

Ferdinand Brunot Ferdinand-Eugène-Jean-Baptiste Brunot (6 November 1860 – 7 January 1938) was a French linguist and philologist, editor of the ground-breaking ''Histoire de la langue française des origines à 1900'' ("History of the French Language from its Or ...

and

Jules Gilliéron Jules Gilliéron (21 December 1854 – 26 April 1926) was a Swiss-French linguist and dialectologist. From 1883 until his death, he taught dialectology at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris. In 1887, he co-founded the ''Revue des pato ...

. From 1901 to 1906 he worked as a teacher at the cantonal school in

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. In 1906 he obtained his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

at the

University of Zürich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 f ...

, and from 1907 to 1945, taught classes in Romance philology and Italian language and literature at the University of Bern. From 1942 to 1948 he was director of the ''Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande''.

Selected writings

With

Jakob Jud Jakob Jud u:t(12 January 1882 in Wängi, Kanton Thurgau – 15 June 1952 in Seelisberg, Kanton Uri) was a Swiss Romance linguist ( Romanist). From 1922 to 1950 he taught classes in Romance philology and Old French literature at the Universi ...

, he was co-author of the immense ''Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz'' ("Linguistic and ethnographic atlas of Italy and southern Switzerland"; 8 volumes, 1928–40). Other written works by Jaberg include: * ''Sprachgeographie'', 1928 –

Language geography Language geography is the branch of human geography that studies the geographic distribution of language(s) or its constituent elements. Linguistic geography can also refer to studies of how people talk about the landscape. For example, toponymy i ...

. * ''Sprachtradition und Sprachwandel'', 1931 – Language tradition and language change. * ''Aspects géographiques du langage : conférence faites au Collège de France'', 1933 – Geographical aspects of language. * ''Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungen und Erlebnisse'', 1937 – Linguistic research and experiences.Jaberg, Karl (1877-1958)
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