Ivar Alnæs
Ivar Johannes Alnæs (October 5, 1868 – April 2, 1956) was a Norwegian teacher and linguist.[1]
Alnæs was born in
He served as the editor of the journal Den høiere skole (Secondary School) from 1902 to 1913[2] and was a consultant for the Ministry of Church Affairs on orthographic issues from 1907 onward.[2] From 1913 to 1917 he was a member of the ministry's orthographic committee. He was the head of the National Union of Language and Science Teachers (Norwegian: Filologenes og Realistenes landsforening) from 1922 to 1925 and became a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1928.
Alnæs published textbooks in English and Norwegian, a book on letters and forms (Brev- og formularbok, 1943), and a Norwegian pronouncing dictionary (Norsk uttaleordbok, 1910).[1] In 1916 he received his PhD with the dissertation Norsk sætningsmelodi, dens forhold til ordmelodien (The Relation of Norwegian Sentence Intonation to Word Intonation).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Jahr, Ernst Håkon, & Ove Lorentz. 1981. Fonologi. Oslo: Novus Forlag, p. 357.
- ^ a b c d e Brammer, Gerhard. 1912. Studenterne fra 1887 : biografiske meddelelser samlet i anledning av 25-aars jubilæet. Kristiania, p. 11.
- ^ Gjefsen, Truls. 1995. Finn Alns: Titan Og Sisyfos. Oslo: Aschehoug, p. 28.