Christer Lindqvist

Christer Lindqvist (born July 26, 1963 in Eskilstuna , Sweden ) is a linguist and Scandinavian . He is currently professor of Scandinavian linguistics at the Institute for Fen and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Greifswald .

Life

Lindqvist studied at Uppsala University in Sweden and at Freiburg University in Germany. He received a scholarship from Rotary International and the German Academic Exchange Service .

In 1991 he received his doctorate at the University of Freiburg, whereupon in 1997 he received his habilitation in "Germanic Philology" and "North Germanic Philology". After serving as professorships in Freiburg and Greifswald, he has been professor of Scandinavian linguistics at the University of Greifswald since 2000 .

Research and Teaching

His main focus is the Scandinavian languages , i. H. Danish , Icelandic , Norwegian ( Bokmål , Nynorsk ), Swedish and Faroese as well as Norn , which was spoken on the Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands until the 18th century . Furthermore, this includes the phonology and orthography of all Scandinavian languages, comparative linguistics , language change , translation theory and language ideology.

Fonts (selection)

• (1994): On the origin of prepositions in German and Swedish [= LA 311]. Tübingen: Niemeyer
• (2001): Scandinavian writing systems in comparison [= LA 430]. Tübingen: Niemeyer
• (2007): Swedish phonetics for German speakers (including CD) . Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag
• (2007) (Ed.): Standard German in Scandinavia III. III. International Symposium, 24.-25. May 2002, Greifswald , with the participation of John Ole Askedal and Otto Erlend Nordgreen [= Oslo contributions to German studies 38]. Frankfurt a. M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang

Web links

• Literature by and about Christer Lindqvist in the catalog of the German National Library
• Page from Prof. Dr. Christer Lindqvist at the University of Greifswald

Individual evidence