Adolf Zauner
Adolf Zauner (born May 22, 1870 in Vienna , † August 4, 1940 in Graz ) was an Austrian Romance philologist and linguist.
life and work
Adolf Zauner was a student of Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke . He completed his habilitation at the University of Vienna with The Romance Names of Body Parts. An onomasiological study (in: Romanische Forschungen 14, 1903, pp. 339-530, Reproduction New York 1967). Zauner was the originator of the term " onomasiology ".
From 1911 to 1939 Zauner was full professor for Romance philology at the University of Graz , 1936/37 also rector and 1937/38 prorector.
Other works
- The conjugation in Béarnisch, in: Zeitschrift für Romanische Philologie 20, 1897, pp. 433-470
- On the history of sounds in Aquitaine , Prague 1898
- Old Spanish Elementary Book , Heidelberg 1908, 2nd edition 1921
- Romance Linguistics , Leipzig 1900, 2nd edition Leipzig 1905, 3rd edition 2 volumes, Berlin 1914, 4th edition Berlin 1926, reprint 1944/1945 (Italian: Glottologia romanza. Elementi di grammatica comparata delle lingue neolatine , Turin 1904)
literature
- Friedrich Schürr in: Romance Research . 54, 1940, p. 370
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Zauner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Archive of the University of Vienna (picture)
1. Chair for Romance Literature: Hugo Schuchardt (1876–1900) | Jules Cornu (1901-1911) | Adolf Zauner (1911–1939) | Rudolf Palgen (1943–1966) | Hans-Joachim Simon (1968–1999) | Klaus-Dieter Ertler (since 2004)
2. Chair of Italian and French Linguistics: Antonio Ive (1893–1922) | Friedrich Schürr (1926–1936) | Klaus Lichem (1960–2001) | Sabine Heinemann (since 2008)
3. Chair for Romance Literature and Cultural Studies: Dieter Kremers (1970–1991) | Werner Helmich (1992–2009) | Steffen Schneider (since 2017)
4. Chair for Spanish and Portuguese Linguistics: Georg Rudolf Lind (1975–1985) | Ulrich Schulz-Buschhaus (1989–2000) | Martin Hummel (since 2001)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zauner, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Romanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1940 |
| Place of death | Graz |