Jürgen Untermann
Jürgen Untermann (born October 24, 1928 in Rheinfelden (Baden) ; † February 7, 2013 in Brauweiler ) was a German Indo-European linguist and epigraphist .
life and work
Untermann studied with Hans Krahe and Ulrich Schmoll in Frankfurt am Main and in Tübingen , where he received his doctorate in 1954. He completed his habilitation in 1959. In 1962, he conducted research on the Monumenta Linguarum Hispanicarum at Spanish universities , including with Antonio Tovar . From 1965 until his retirement in 1993 he taught as a professor for Indo-European linguistics ( historical linguistics ) at the University of Cologne . His main field of research was the fragmentary Italian and old Spanish " rubble languages ". In particular in the field of the Iberian language , Untermann was considered the highest scientific authority. His edition of paleohispanic inscriptions ( Monumenta Linguarum Hispanicarum , founded by Emil Huebner ) and the systematization of Iberian onomastics that he created are of particular importance .
Untermann was a full member of the German Archaeological Institute . He received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Salamanca (1992), Coimbra and Santiago de Compostela . In 2010 he received the Príncipe de Viana International Prize of the Province of Navarra for Culture .
His son is the art historian Matthias Untermann .
Publications
- The vocabulary of the Cippus Abellanus and the Tabula Bantina. Studies on the position and history of the Oskisch-Umbrian. Dissertation Tübingen 1954
- The Venetian personal names . Wiesbaden, 1961
- Language Areas and Language Movements in Pre-Roman Hispania . Wiesbaden, 1961
- Elementos de un atlas antroponímico de la Hispania Antigua . Madrid, 1965
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Monumenta Linguarum Hispanicarum .
- Vol. 1: The coin legends . Wiesbaden, 1975
- Vol. 2: The inscriptions in Iberian script from southern France . Wiesbaden, 1980
- Vol. 3: The Iberian inscriptions from Spain . Wiesbaden, 1990
- Vol. 4: The Tartessian, Celtiberian and Lusitanian inscriptions . Wiesbaden, 1997
- Dictionary of the Oscar-Umbrian . Heidelberg, 2000
Web links
- Literature by and about Jürgen Untermann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by Jürgen Untermann in Spanish
- José Luis García Ramón: Obituary Jürgen Untermann (PDF)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Untermann, Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German linguist, philologist and epigraphist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rheinfelden (Baden) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 2013 |
| Place of death | Brauweiler (Pulheim) |