Alfred Willms
Alfred Karl Erwin Willms (born May 23, 1921 - March 5, 2007 in Brokdorf ) was a German Africanist .
Life
After receiving his doctorate in Hamburg on April 7, 1956 ( phonetic and syntactic studies of the Mentawai language ) and his habilitation there on July 8, 1970 ( grammar of the southern Beraber dialects (southern Morocco) ), he taught from 1970 to 1975 as a private lecturer for African languages and cultures and from 1975 to 1986 as professor (§ 10 UniG) for African languages and cultures at the University of Hamburg .
Fonts (selection)
- Introduction to the Vulgar Arabic of Northwest Africa . Leiden 1972, ISBN 90-04-03557-5 .
- Grammar of the southern Beraber dialects (southern Morocco) . Glückstadt 1972, OCLC 641571855 .
- The dialectal differentiation of Berber . Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-496-00138-0 .
literature
- Hilke Meyer-Bahlburg: Alfred Willms is going into retirement , in: Reports and opinions from the University of Hamburg . 17.3 (1986), pp. 44-45, ISSN 0948-1583 .
- Theda Schumann and Hilke Meyer-Bahlburg: In memoriam Alfred Willms. May 23, 1921-5. March 2007 , in: Africa and Overseas. Languages, cultures . 90 (2008), pp. 1-6, ISSN 0002-0427 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willms, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Willms, Alfred Karl Erwin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Africanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1921 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 2007 |
| Place of death | Brokdorf |