Dieter Kattenbusch

Dieter Kattenbusch (born January 13, 1952 in Altenbögge-Bönen ) is Professor of Romance Linguistics at the Institute for Romance Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin . He completed his studies and doctorate at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster and in 1991 his habilitation at the University of Giessen . Kattenbusch's research focuses on Italian dialects and minority languages as well as the VIVALDI - Vivaio acustico delle lingue e dei dialetti d'Italia project.

Publications

The Franco-Provençal in southern Italy. Studies on synchronic and diachronic dialectology, Tübingen (Narr) 1982.
Introduction to Italian Linguistics, Tübingen (Niemeyer, Romanistisches Arbeitsheft 28) 1987, 2nd edition 1992 (together with H. Geckeler).
The writing of the Sellaladin. From the first attempts at writing to uniform graphics, San Martin de Tor (Istitut Ladin "Micurà de Rü") 1994.
Cali. Diary of another vacation, Berlin (edition tranvía) 1997.
Basics of Italian Linguistics, Regensburg (House of Books, Basic Knowledge Linguistics 1) 1999.
Basics of French Linguistics, Regensburg (House of Books, Basic Knowledge of Linguistics 2) 2000.
Romanic first names, Berlin (edition tranvía) 2008.
VIVALDI - Vivaio Acustico delle Lingue e dei Dialetti d'Italia 1 - Acoustic language atlas of Italy according to regions 1: Sicilia, 2: Sardegna, 3: Liguria, 4: Valle d'Aosta, 5: Umbria, 6: Trentino / South Tyrol, 7: Molise, 8: Piemonte.

personal data
SURNAME	Kattenbusch, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German linguist and university professor, professor of Romance linguistics
DATE OF BIRTH	January 13, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Altenbögge-Bönen