Eugene Gabriel

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Eugen Gotthard Gabriel (born February 3, 1937 in Dornbirn ) is an Austrian linguist , dialectologist and name researcher .

Life

Eugen Gabriel attended elementary school in Dornbirn-Oberdorf and the Bundesrealgymnasium Dornbirn, where he graduated in 1955. From 1955 he studied classical philology, German, philosophy and linguistic psychology at the University of Vienna , and from 1957 also psychology. From 1958 to 1960 he did his doctoral thesis with Eberhard Kranzmayer on the vocalism of the dialects of Dornbirn, Hohenems and Lustenau in the Vorarlberg Rhine Valley .

Gabriel was in 1963 for six weeks staff at the University of Zurich and worked on the creation of the Linguistic Atlas of German Switzerland with and was designed by Rudolf Hotzenköcherle in the methodology for Sprachatlas the necessary and exploration work introduced. With a research grant from the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture , he was able to begin his habilitation thesis with Eberhard Kranzmayer on the development of Old High German vocal qualities in Upper German dialects in 1963 . After a research stay at the University of Innsbruck (1965) and in Marburg / Lahn (1966), he was a university assistant at the German Institute of the University of Vienna from 1967 to 1969 and was able to complete his habilitation thesis and habilitation with the Venia legendi language and older literature . From 1969 Gabriel worked as an academic advisor at the University of Freiburg and in 1975 became professor for German linguistics.

Gabriel's most important work is the Vorarlberg Language Atlas , which was largely developed by him and published between 1985 and 2006, including the Principality of Liechtenstein, West Tyrol and Allgäu (VALTS) . Retired in 1994, he lives in Wangen im Allgäu .

Awards

Publications

  • The dialects on the old Churrätisch-Constantine diocese border in the Vorarlberg Rhine Valley. A linguistic and linguistic psychological study of the dialects of Dornbirn, Lustenau and Hohenems. (= German dialect geography. Volume 66). Dissertation . Elwert, Marburg 1963.
  • The development of the Old High German vowel quantities in the Upper German dialects. (= Studies on Austrian-Bavarian dialect studies. No. 5). Habilitation thesis . Böhlau, Graz 1967.
  • with Hubert Klausmann a. a .: Vorarlberger Sprachatlas including the Principality of Liechtenstein, West Tyrol and Allgäu (VALTS) 5 map volumes with commentary volumes and 1 illustration volume. Bregenz 1985-2006. In addition: Introduction to the Vorarlberg Language Atlas. Bregenz 1985.
  • The dialects of the Lake Constance area. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 99/100, 1981/82, pp. 281-300.
  • Toarrebiierarisch. Grammar of the Dornbirn dialect. With 4 CDs. Dornbirn 2008.
  • with Arno Ruoff: The dialects of Vorarlberg. A cross-section of the country's dialects. (= Writings of the Vorarlberg State Library. 3). With a catalog of the sound archive of the dialects of Vorarlberg. Graz 1998 ff. (Appears in numerous partial volumes)

literature

  • Hubert Klausmann (Hrsg.): Cross-border language geography. Eugen Gabriel on his 60th birthday. Vorarlberger Verlagsanstalt, Dornbirn 1997, ISBN 3-85430-257-6 .
  • Bernhard Kelle: Eugen Gabriel 70 years old. In: Freiburg University Gazette . 175, Freiburg 2007, p. 143.

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personal data
SURNAME Gabriel, Eugene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gabriel, Eugen Gotthard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian linguist
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Dornbirn