August blade lifting
August Blade Lifting (born May 11, 1886 in Barmen , † January 26, 1967 in Hamburg ) was a German Africanist .
Life
In 1924, Klingenhebens habilitation for African and Semitic linguistics with a thesis on the Ful . The precise description of the linguistic phenomena of this language made it possible for Klingenhaben to separate this language from the family of the " Hamitic languages " of that time and to classify it in the language family of the languages now called Atlantic . In doing so, he brought down the "linguistic Hamit theory " at the same time .
Klingenhaben, married to the Africanist Maria Klingenoben-von Tiling since 1927 , was director of the Institute for African Languages at the University of Leipzig between 1930 and 1936, which was set up on the occasion of his appointment . In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler . In 1936, Klingenoben received an offer (as the successor to Carl Meinhof ) at the University of Hamburg for the world's oldest chair for African studies. After the war he was dismissed in 1945 because of his previous membership in the NSDAP and in the Gau dozentbund as well as his temporary position as a block warden . He returned to office in early 1948. Even after his retirement in 1954, he remained scientifically active until his death.
science
In addition to his occupation with the Ful, his studies on the Hausa brought him scientific fame. His findings about the consonants in their final position in the Hausa are still referred to in Anglo-American literature as "Blade Lifting's Law".
attitude
His scientific work is characterized by the lack of national-chauvinist and racist theories (such as the Hamite theory of his mentor C. Meinhof, which he refuted) - an attitude that was not a matter of course for his time.
literature
- Herrmann Jungraithmayr : Blade lifting, August. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 80 ( digitized version ).
- Horst Kalthoff : August blade lifting. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 26, Bautz, Nordhausen 2006, ISBN 3-88309-354-8 , Sp. 768-774.
- August Blade Lifting: The Language of the Ful . JJ Augustin , Hamburg 1963
- Hilke Meyer-Bahlburg, Ekkehard Wolff: African languages in research and teaching: 75 years of African studies in Hamburg (1909-1984) . Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-496-00828-8
- Paul Newman: Blade Lifting's Law in Hausa . R. Köppe, Cologne 2004, ISBN 978-3-89645-521-5
Sources, individual references
- ^ Membership before 1935, membership number 2.990.323, H. Meier Bahlburg / E. Wolff: African languages in research and teaching, p. 60.
Web links
- Literature by and about August Klingenhaben in the catalog of the German National Library
- August blade lifting in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Raising the blade, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Africanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barmen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 1967 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |