Bernhard Martin (folklorist)
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Bernhard Christian Friedrich Martin (born August 1, 1889 in Rhoden , Waldeck district , † March 4, 1983 in Marburg ) was a German folklorist and dialect researcher .
Life
After graduating from high school, Martin studied folklore and dealt in numerous papers with research on German dialect in particular. For a time he was an honorary professor for dialect research at the Philipps University of Marburg and between 1927 and 1956 he was co-editor of the German Language Atlas , a language atlas on dialects in Germany. His book The German Dialects (1939) was one of the first comprehensive manuals and comprehensive descriptions of German dialects.
During the period of National Socialism , Bernhard Martin, who had become a member of the NSDAP in 1937, headed the research center for German vernacular as part of the establishment of the NSDAP's so-called High School .
Fonts
In addition to numerous articles in specialist journals , Martin also wrote numerous specialist books on dialect research such as:
- Studies on the dialect geography of the Principality of Waldeck and the northern part of the Frankenberg district, 1925
- Deutscher Sprachatlas, co-editor, 1927–1956
- Bibliography on German dialect research and poetry in the years 1921–1926 (with additions to earlier years), 1929
- The German dialects, 1939
- Customs and traditions in Hesse a hundred years ago, 1959
- Rural half-timbered houses in Hessen. Series of photographs by the State Image Office of Hesse, 1961
- The naming of some cultivated plants imported from America in German dialects, 1963
- Small writings - Ferdinand Wrede , co-editor, 1963
- Waldeckische Landeskunde, 1971
- Collected writings on Waldeck-Hessian and German dialect research, 1984
literature
- Ina-Maria Greverus (Ed.): Festschrift for Bernhard Martin [for his 70th birthday]. Schmitz, Giessen 1960.
- Reiner Hildebrandt , Hans Friebertshäuser (Hrsg.): Language and customs. Bernhard Martin on his 90th birthday. Elwert, Marburg 1980, ISBN 3-7708-0687-5 .
- Kai Köhler: Martin, Bernhard. In: Christoph König (Ed.), With the assistance of Birgit Wägenbaur u. a .: Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950 . Volume 2: H-Q. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-015485-4 , pp. 1160–1162 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
Web links
- Literature by and about Bernhard Martin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Waldeck Historical Society
- Publications (openlibrary.org)
- Meyers Großes Personenlexikon, Mannheim 1968, p. 861
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Löffler: Dialektologie: an introduction, p. XII, 2003, ISBN 3-8233-4998-8
- ^ Hannjost Lixfeld: The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Umbrella Organizations of German Volkskunde during the Third Reich. In: Asian Folklore Studies. Vol. 50 (1991), pp. 95-116, here p. 106 ( JSTOR 1178187 ).
- ↑ Werner Besch: Dialektologie: a manual for German and general dialect research, pp. 85 f., 1982, volume 1, part 2, ISBN 3-11-005977-0
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martin, Bernhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Martin, Bernhard Christian Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German folklorist and dialect researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rhoden , Waldeck district |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4th 1983 |
| Place of death | Marburg |