Berthold Delbrück
Berthold Delbrück | |
---|---|
Born | |
Died | 3 January 1922 | (aged 79)
Nationality | German |
Berthold Gustav Gottlieb Delbrück (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁthɔlt ˈdɛl.bʁʏk] ⓘ; 26 July 1842 – 3 January 1922) was a German linguist who devoted himself to the study of the comparative syntax of the Indo-European languages.[1]
Early life
Delbrück was born in
Career
In 1871 he published a study of the subjunctive and optative moods in Sanskrit and Greek, which was the first thoroughly methodical and complete treatment of a problem in comparative syntax. His great achievement, however, was preparing volumes iii, iv, and v on syntax entitled Vergleichende Syntax der indogermanischen Sprachen in Grundriß der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen ("Outline of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-Germanic Languages"), published in Strassburg between 1893 and 1900 by Delbrück and Karl Brugmann. He died in Jena, aged 79.
Works
Besides the works mentioned, he wrote:
- Grundfragen der Sprachforschung (1901).
- Einleitung in das Sprachstudium (3rd edition, 1893; English translation: Introduction to the study of language (1882).
- Syntaktische Forschungen, vols. i.–v. (1871–88); with Ernst Windisch.[3]
Notes
- ^ Lexicon Grammaticorum edited by Harro Stammerjohann
- ISBN 3-428-00184-2, S. 574 f.
- ^ Berthold Delbrück de.Wikisource (bibliography)
References
- New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.