Hermann Gelhaus

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Hermann Gelhaus (born October 31, 1938 in Bösel ) is a German Germanist and linguist .

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Hermann Gelhaus graduated from high school in Cloppenburg in 1959 . He then studied theology , Latin and German in Münster , Freiburg and Basel , where he received his doctorate in 1964 . The habilitation took place in 1971, also in Basel. He worked as a research assistant in Mannheim and Basel. Since 1972 he was a professor at the University of Trier .

His academic focus is on the grammar of the German standard language, history of the German language, pragmatics and communication. In 1984 he made a contribution to the German part-of-speech grammar as part of the Duden grammar. Among other things, he researched the "modal infinitive" and syntax in sentence structure. He also dealt with Martin Luther's translation of the Bible . In this context, he proved that the author Friedrich Traub is identical to Friedrich Staphylus .

Gelhaus has been married since 1969, has two daughters and now lives in his home town of Bösel.

Publications (selection)

  • The prologue of Terence. An explanation after d. Lessons from the inventio and dispositio , (dissertation), Winter Verlag Heidelberg, 1972, ISBN 978-3-533-02184-1
  • Synchrony and Diachrony. Two lectures on problems of the conjunctions introducing subordinate clauses and the Consecutio temporum , Lang Verlag, Bern / Frankfurt, 1972, ISBN 978-3-261-00784-1
  • with Sigbert Latzel: Studies on Tempus Use in German , Narr Verlag, Tübingen, 1974, ISBN 978-3-87808-615-4
  • The future tense in selected texts of the written German language of the present. Studies on the Tempus System , Hueber Verlag, Munich, 1975, ISBN 978-3-19-006754-1
  • The modal infinitive , TBL-Verlag Narr, 1977, ISBN 978-3-87808-635-2
  • Foundation of an operator syntax in German , Winter Verlag, Heidelberg, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8253-5373-5
  • The dispute over Luther's Bible Germanization in the 16th and 17th centuries , part 1, with the identification of Friedrich Traub, Niemeyer Verlag Tübingen, 1989, ISBN 978-3-484-31089-6
  • The dispute over Luther's Bible Germanization in the 16th and 17th centuries , part 2, Niemeyer Verlag Tübingen, 1990, ISBN 978-3-484-31100-8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Nordwest-Zeitung: People Bösel: Professor from Bösel celebrates his 80th birthday. November 15, 2018, accessed August 22, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b c List of Germanists: Hermann Gelhaus. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  3. ^ University of Trier - Staff AZ. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Nordwest-Zeitung: Reformation year Garrel: Why Luther saw the people "on the mouth". May 18, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Nordwest-Zeitung: 50th wedding anniversary Bösel: Guests from Denmark also come to the Golden. August 15, 2019, accessed August 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gelhaus, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Germanist and linguist
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Evil