Friedhelm Debus
Friedhelm Ludwig Debus (born February 3, 1932 in Oberdieten ) is a German German philologist and university professor. He is best known for his contributions to onomatology .
Life
Debus studied German , Protestant theology and French at the universities in Marburg , Tübingen and Dijon as well as at the Sorbonne . He completed his studies in 1957 with a doctorate in Marburg on the German terms for marriage relationships . In 1959 he passed the first state examination for teaching. Between 1959 and 1965 he worked on the German Language Atlas , first as a scientific assistant , then as a scientific adviser . After his habilitation in 1965, he took up a professorship for medieval German literature and German linguistics at the University of Groningen . In 1969 he accepted an appointment at the University of Kiel , where he stayed until his retirement in 1997. He refused calls to Utrecht and Marburg. From 1995 to 1997 he was President of the Institute for the German Language Mannheim .
He has been a member of the Joachim Jungius Society of Sciences since 1982 and a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz since 1985 . Until the age of 70 he was a full member of the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg .
In addition to onomastics , Debus deals with the history of language and dialectology .
Publications (selection)
- Reclam's name book . Reclam, Stuttgart 2014.
- Onomatology and name history . Erich Schmidt, Berlin 2012.
- Names in literary works . Steiner, Stuttgart 2002.
- as ed. with Wilfried Seibicke : Reader zur onenology III, 2 - toponymy. In: German Linguistics. 131-133,1996.
- Developments in the German language in the present - and in the future? Steiner, Stuttgart 1999.
- Smaller fonts . Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 1997.
- From Dunkirk to Koenigsberg . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1996.
- The German terms for the marriage relationship . Schmitz, Giessen 1958.
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedhelm Debus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Friedhelm Debus at the Mainz Academy of Sciences
Individual evidence
- ↑ member entry by Friedhelm Debus at the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz , accessed on 11.10.17
- ↑ Full members who are not obliged to do so. Academy of Sciences in Hamburg , accessed on April 18, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Debus, Friedhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Debus, Friedhelm Ludwig (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Germanist and professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberdieten |