Rainer Vossen
Rainer Vossen | |
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| Born | Rainer Voßen 6 December 1951 Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Linguist |
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| Alma mater | University of Cologne |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| Main interests | Languages of Africa |
Rainer Vossen (German: Rainer Voßen; born 6 December 1951 in Düsseldorf, Germany) is a German linguist and Africanist.[1] His research interests include the historical linguistics of Nilotic languages[2] and Khoisan languages.[3]
Biography
From 1972 to 1982, Vossen studied African studies, ethnology, history, and prehistory at the
Goethe University.[4]
Selected publications
Selected publications by Rainer Vossen:[5]
- The eastern Nilotes. Linguistic and historical reconstructions. Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-496-00698-6.
- Towards a comparative study of the Maa dialects of Kenya and Tanzania. Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-87118-852-2.
- Patterns of language knowledge and language use in Ngamiland, Botswana. Bayreuth 1988, OCLC 220974437.
- Die Khoe-Sprachen. Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung der Sprachgeschichte Afrikas. Köln 1997, ISBN 3-927620-59-9.
References
- ^ Serie Seniorprofessuren / Prof. Rainer Voßen im Interview
- ISBN 3-496-00698-6.
- ^ Voßen, Rainer. 1997. Die Khoe-Sprachen: Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung der Sprachgeschichte Afrikas (Quellen zur Khoisan-Forschung 12). Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.
- ^ Tabellarischer Lebenslauf
- ^ Rainer Vossen publications
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