Johann Albert Bachmann (12 November 1863, in

Hüttwilen Hüttwilen is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Archeological sites and scattered, individual items indicate that there was a mesolithic settlement in the ''Seebachtal'' near Hüttwilen. In 1 ...

– 30 January 1934, in

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) was a Swiss lexicographer and dialectologist, professor for

Germanic philology Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary tex ...

at Zürich University from 1896. From 1892 he was an editor of the ''

Schweizerisches Idiotikon ''Schweizerisches Idiotikon'' ("the Swiss idioticon", also known as ''Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache'' "Dictionary of the Swiss German language") is an ongoing, major project of lexicography of the Swiss German dialects. Publication beg ...

'' dictionary, acting as editor-in-chief from 1896 until his death. Bachmann specialized on

Swiss German Swiss German (Standard German: , gsw, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no defined orthography for any of them, many different spelling ...

dialects. He edited the series ''Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik'' (20 vols) and founded, together with

Louis Gauchat Louis Gauchat (born 12 January 1866 in Les Brenets, Switzerland; died 22 August 1942 in Lenzerheide) was a Swiss linguist. He studied at the University of Zürich under Heinrich Morf and in Paris as a pupil of Gaston Paris, receiving his doctor ...

, the Phonographic Archive of Zurich University in 1913.

Works

*''Beiträge zur Geschichte der schweizerischen Gutturallaute.'' Genossenschafts-Buchdruckerei, diss. Zürich 1886. *(ed., with Samuel Singer): ''Deutsche Volksbücher aus einer Zürcher Handschrift des fünfzehnten Jahrhunderts.'' Litterarischer Verein in Stuttgart, Tübingen 1889 (Bibliothek des Litterarischen Vereins in Stuttgart 185). *(ed.): ''Morgant der Riese.'' Litterarischer Verein in Stuttgart, Tübingen 1890 (Bibliothek des Litterarischen Vereins in Stuttgart 189). *(ed.): ''Die Haimonskinder.'' Litterarischer Verein in Stuttgart, Tübingen 1895 (Bibliothek des Litterarischen Vereins in Stuttgart 206). *''Mittelhochdeutsches Lesebuch mit Grammatik und Wörterbuch.'' Höhr, Zürich 1892. *''Sprachen und Mundarten. I. Deutsch.'' In: '' Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz.'' Vol. 5. Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1908, pp. 58–76. *portions of ''

'' 1892–1934, vols. 3 to 10 *(ed.): ''Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik.'' 20 vols. Huber, Frauenfeld 1910–1941.

References

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Eugen Dieth Eugen Dieth (18 November 1893, in Neukirch an der Thur – 24 May 1956, in Zollikon) was a Swiss linguist, phonetician and dialectologist. He is well known for his work in English and German phonetics, and for co-initiating the Survey of English D ...

: ''Albert Bachmann und die schweizerdeutsche Mundartforschung.'' In: ''Orbis.'' 2, 1953, pp. 244–249. *

Emil Ermatinger Emil Ermatinger (21 May 1873 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland – 17 September 1953 in Zurich) was a Swiss professor for Germanic philology. Ermatinger studied classical philology in Zurich and Berlin. 1897 he wrote his Ph.D. thesis at the Univers ...

: ''Professor Dr. Albert Bachmann'' bituary In: Universität Zürich. Bericht über das akademische Jahr 1933/34, pp. 63 sq. *Festschrift: ''Albert Bachmann zu seinem sechzigsten Geburtstage am 12. November 1923. Gewidmet von Freunden und Schülern.'' Deutscher Sprachverein, Berlin 1924.

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