Thilo C. Schadeberg | |
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Born | 1942
Dresden, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Linguist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Marburg (Ph.D., 1971) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Leiden University |
Main interests | Bantu languages and Kordofanian languages |
Thilo Christian Schadeberg (born 1942 in Dresden, Germany) is an Emeritus Professor of Bantu Linguistics at the Centre for Linguistics of Leiden University. [1]
Schadeberg obtained his PhD at the University of Marburg in 1971 and was a Professor of African Languages and Cultures at Leiden since 1986. His research focuses on Bantu languages of East Africa and Angola, and Kordofanian languages of Sudan.
Schadeberg was the sole editor of the Journal of African Languages and Linguistics (JALL) [2] from 1983 [3] to 1989. [4] Previously, he had been associate editor of JALL since its foundation by Paul Newman in 1979. [5]
Schadeberg is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) since 1989. [6] He was a visiting professor at the University of Bayreuth from 2004-2007. [7]
Schadeberg published many scholarly articles and book chapters, including: [8]
The Journal of African Languages and Linguistics (JALL) was founded in 1979 at the University of Leiden, with Paul Newman as Editor and Thilo Schadeberg as Associate Editor.
Many Bantu languages have the balanced seven-vowel system i I ε a ɔ υ u. It is the system that one would, on internal evidence, reconstruct for proto-Bantu. Many other Bantu languages have a reduced five-vowel system i εaɔυu.
Thilo C. Schadeberg | |
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Born | 1942
Dresden, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Linguist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Marburg (Ph.D., 1971) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Leiden University |
Main interests | Bantu languages and Kordofanian languages |
Thilo Christian Schadeberg (born 1942 in Dresden, Germany) is an Emeritus Professor of Bantu Linguistics at the Centre for Linguistics of Leiden University. [1]
Schadeberg obtained his PhD at the University of Marburg in 1971 and was a Professor of African Languages and Cultures at Leiden since 1986. His research focuses on Bantu languages of East Africa and Angola, and Kordofanian languages of Sudan.
Schadeberg was the sole editor of the Journal of African Languages and Linguistics (JALL) [2] from 1983 [3] to 1989. [4] Previously, he had been associate editor of JALL since its foundation by Paul Newman in 1979. [5]
Schadeberg is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) since 1989. [6] He was a visiting professor at the University of Bayreuth from 2004-2007. [7]
Schadeberg published many scholarly articles and book chapters, including: [8]
The Journal of African Languages and Linguistics (JALL) was founded in 1979 at the University of Leiden, with Paul Newman as Editor and Thilo Schadeberg as Associate Editor.
Many Bantu languages have the balanced seven-vowel system i I ε a ɔ υ u. It is the system that one would, on internal evidence, reconstruct for proto-Bantu. Many other Bantu languages have a reduced five-vowel system i εaɔυu.