Theo Vennemann | |
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Born |
Oberhausen-Sterkrade | May 27, 1937
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Linguist |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Ludwig Maximilian University |
Main interests | Historical linguistics |
Notable works | Europa Vasconica – Europa Semitica (2003) |
Notable ideas | " Vasconic" and " Atlantic" strata |
Theo Vennemann genannt Nierfeld (German: [ˈfɛnəman]; born 27 May 1937 in Oberhausen-Sterkrade) is a German historical linguist known for his controversial theories of a " Vasconic" and an " Atlantic" stratum in European languages, published since the 1990s. [1]
He was professor of Germanic and theoretical linguistics at Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich from 1974 (retired 2005).
Vennemann's book Europa Vasconica – Europa Semitica (2003) was reviewed in Lingua by linguists Philip Baldi and B. Richard Page, who made reasoned dismissals of a number of his proposals. The reviewers still applauded Vennemann's "efforts to reassess the role and extent of language contact in the development of Indo-European languages in Europe". [2]
Vennemann's controversial claims about the prehistory of European languages include the following:
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Theo Vennemann | |
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Born |
Oberhausen-Sterkrade | May 27, 1937
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Linguist |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Ludwig Maximilian University |
Main interests | Historical linguistics |
Notable works | Europa Vasconica – Europa Semitica (2003) |
Notable ideas | " Vasconic" and " Atlantic" strata |
Theo Vennemann genannt Nierfeld (German: [ˈfɛnəman]; born 27 May 1937 in Oberhausen-Sterkrade) is a German historical linguist known for his controversial theories of a " Vasconic" and an " Atlantic" stratum in European languages, published since the 1990s. [1]
He was professor of Germanic and theoretical linguistics at Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich from 1974 (retired 2005).
Vennemann's book Europa Vasconica – Europa Semitica (2003) was reviewed in Lingua by linguists Philip Baldi and B. Richard Page, who made reasoned dismissals of a number of his proposals. The reviewers still applauded Vennemann's "efforts to reassess the role and extent of language contact in the development of Indo-European languages in Europe". [2]
Vennemann's controversial claims about the prehistory of European languages include the following:
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cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link)