Harald Haarmann (born 1946) is a German

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 cultural scientist who lives and works in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. Haarmann studied general linguistics, various

philological Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as t ...

disciplines and

prehistory Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use ...

at the universities of

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of . The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, and Braga, it is the largest cit ...

and Bangor. He obtained his PhD in

(1970) and his habilitation (qualification at professorship level) in

Trier Trier ( , ; lb, Tréier ), formerly known in English as Trèves ( ;) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the ...

(1979). He taught and conducted research at a number of German and Japanese universities, and is a member of the '' Research Centre on Multilingualism'' in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

. He is Vice-President of the '' Institute of Archaeomythology'' (headquartered in Sebastopol, California) and director of its European branch (based in

Luumäki Luumäki () is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in the Taavetti village. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is ...

, Finland). Haarmann is the author of more than 40 books in

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

, Hungarian,

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

, and nearly 200 articles and essays in ten languages. He has also edited and co-edited some 20 anthologies. His preferred fields of study are

cultural history Cultural history combines the approaches of anthropology and history to examine popular cultural traditions and cultural interpretations of historical experience. It examines the records and narrative descriptions of past matter, encompassing the ...

archaeomythology Archaeomythology refers to the study of archaeology through the discipline of mythology. It is an approach developed by Marija Gimbutas and mainly applied to Eastern European countries. Commenting in The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual ...

, history of writing,

language evolution Evolutionary linguistics or Darwinian linguistics is a sociobiological approach to the study of language. Evolutionary linguists consider linguistics as a subfield of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology. The approach is also closely linked ...

contact linguistics Contact may refer to: Interaction Physical interaction * Contact (geology), a common geological feature * Contact lens or contact, a lens placed on the eye * Contact sport, a sport in which players make contact with other players or objects * ...

and

history of religion The history of religion refers to the written record of human religious feelings, thoughts, and ideas. This period of religious history begins with the invention of writing about 5,200 years ago (3200 BC). The prehistory of religion involves t ...

Selected bibliography

* ''Sprache - Schrift - Kultur - Religion - Geschichte - Philosophie, Publikationen Harald Haarmann(1970-2020), Hildesheim: Olms Verlag, 2021, . * ''Die Anfänge Roms'', Wiesbaden: Marix verlag, 2019, . * ''Vergessene Kulturen der Weltgeschichte'', München: C.H.Beck, 2019 . * ''Wer zivilisierte die Alten Griechen? Das Erbe der Alteuropäischen Hochkultur.'' Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden 2017, . * '' Plato's philosophy reaching beyond the limits of reason: contours of a contextual theory of truth. Philosophische texte und studien, 121. Hildesheim; Zürich; New York: Olms-Weidmann, 2016. (376 p.) . * 2016 - ''Auf den Spuren der Indoeuropäer. Von den neolithischen Steppennomaden bis zu den frühen Hochkulturen''. Munich: C.H. Beck. . * 2015 - ''Myth as source of knowledge in early western thought. The quest for historiography, science and philosophy in Greek antiquity''. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, . * 2014 - ''Roots of ancient Greek civilization. The influence of Old Europe''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. . * 2013 - ''Ancient knowledge, ancient know-how, ancient reasoning. Cultural memory in transition from prehistory to classical antiquity and beyond''. Amherst, New York: Cambria Press. . * 2013 - ''Mythos Demokratie. Antike Herrschaftsmodelle im Spannungsfeld von Egalitätsprinzip und Eliteprinzip''. Frankfurt, Berlin, New York: Peter Lang. . * 2012 - ''Indo-Europeanization - day one. Elite recruitment and the beginnings of language politics''. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 978-3-447-06717-1. * 2011 - ''Das Rätsel der Donauzivilisation. Die Entdeckung der ältesten Hochkultur Europas''. Munich: C.H. Beck. . * 2011
Europe's Mosaic of Languages

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, Mainz:

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, retrieved: November 2, 2011. * 2010 - Die Indoeuropäer. Herkunft, Sprachen, Kulturen

he Indo-Europeans. Origin, languages, cultures He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' in ...

C.H. Beck knowledge, volume 2706. * 2009 - Interacting with figurines. Seven dimensions in the study of imagery. West Hartford, Vermont: Full Circle Press. * 2008 (co-author Joan Marler) - Introducing the Mythological Crescent. Ancient beliefs and imagery connecting Eurasia with Anatolia. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. * 2008 - Weltgeschichte der Zahlen orld history of numbers Munich: C.H. Beck knowledge, volume 2450. * 2007 - Foundations of culture: Knowledge-construction, belief systems and worldview in their dynamic interplay. Frankfurt, Berlin, New York: Peter Lang. * 2006 - Weltgeschichte der Sprachen. Von der Frühzeit des Menschen bis zur Gegenwart orld history of languages. From the early period of humans up to the present Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1703. * 2005 - Encyclopaedia of extinct peoples. From Akkader to Zimbern. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1643. * 2005 - Schwarz: Eine kleine Kulturgeschichte lack: A brief cultural history Frankfurt, Berlin, New York: Peter Lang. * 2004 - Small encyclopaedia of peoples. From Aborigines to Zapotecs. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1593. * 2004 - Elementary word order in the languages of the world. Documentation and analyses of the emergence of word order patterns. Hamburg: Helmut Buske. * 2003 - History of the deluge. In search of the early civilizations. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1536. (2nd ed. 2005) * 2002 - Geschichte der Schrift istory of writing Munich: C.H. Beck knowledge, volume 2198. (2nd ed. 2004; 3rd ed. 2007) * 2002 - Lexikon der untergegangenen Sprachen ncyclopaedia of extinct languages Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1456. (2nd ed. 2004) * 2002 - Sprachen-Almanach. Zahlen und Fakten zu allen Sprachen der Welt anguage yearbook. Numbers and facts about all languages of the world Frankfurt, New York: Campus. * 2001 - Small encyclopaedia of languages. From Albanian to Zulu. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1432. (2nd ed. 2002) * 2001 - Babylonian world. History and future of languages. Frankfurt, New York: Campus. * 2001 - The small languages of the world: Existential threats and chances of survival. A comprehensive documentation. Frankfurt, Berlin, New York: Peter Lang. * 1998 - Religion und Autorität. Der Weg des Gottes ohne Konkurrenz eligion and authority. The way of the gods without competition Hildesheim: Olms. * 1996 - Die Madonna und ihre griechischen Töchter. Rekonstruktion einer kunturhistorischen Genealogie he Madonna and her Greek daughters. Reconstruction of a cultural-historical genealogy Hildesheim: Olms. * 1995 - Early civilization and literacy in Europe. An inquiry into cultural continuity in the Mediterranean world. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. * 1993 - The world of European languages. History and future of the language nations between Atlantic and the Urals. Frankfurt, New York: Campus. * 1990 - Universal history of writing. Frankfurt, New York: Campus. (4th ed. 1998)

References

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