Jürgen Michael Meisel
Jürgen Michael Meisel (born March 12, 1944 in Heilbronn ) is a German Romanist .
Life
He completed his studies at the Leibniz Kolleg and at the University of Tübingen , at the Goethe University and at the University of Madrid Romance studies, German studies , philosophy and folklore with a doctorate in Frankfurt am Main in 1970 . From 1970 to 1971 he was a research assistant in the Romance Department at the University of Frankfurt. From 1971 to 1973 he was a research fellow in the linguistic departments of the University of California, San Diego and the University of Massachusetts Amherst . In 1973 he became scientific advisor and professor for Romance philology at the University of Wuppertal . From 1980 until his retirement in 2009 he taught as professor for Romance philology at the University of Hamburg . From 1999 to 2006 he was the spokesman for the Collaborative Research Center 538 “Multilingualism”. In 2004 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Lund University . From 2006 to 2008 he was Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Calgary , Department of French, Italian & Spanish, Faculty of Humanities. From 2006 to 2012 he was Adjunct Professor, University of Calgary , Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts. From 2009 to 2014 he was a Distinguished Fellow, University of Calgary, Language Research Center, Faculty of Humanities. From 2012 to 2017 he was Adjunct Professor, University of Calgary, Dept. of Linguistics, Languages and Cultures.
His main areas of work are language development (first and second language acquisition, language change, creol studies), multilingualism, grammar of Romance languages and grammar theory.
Fonts (selection)
- Introduction to transformational syntax. I. Basics . Tübingen 1973, ISBN 3-484-50057-3 .
- Introduction to transformational syntax. II. Application to French . Tübingen 1973, ISBN 3-484-50064-6 .
- with Harald Clahsen and Manfred Pienemann : German as a second language. Language acquisition by foreign workers . Tübingen 1983, ISBN 3-87808-544-3 .
- as editor: Adquisición del lenguaje. Aquisiçâo da linguagem . Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-921600-43-X .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Meisel, Jürgen Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meisel, Jürgen; Meisel, Jürgen M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Romanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heilbronn |