Karl Hoffmann (Indo-Europeanist)

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Karl Hoffmann (born February 26, 1915 in Hof am Regen ; † May 21, 1996 in Erlangen ) was a German Indo-Germanist , Indo-Iranian and Iranist .

Life

Hoffmann grew up in Munich and studied there with Ferdinand Sommer from 1934 onwards. In 1941, he was with a thesis on The altindoarischen words -nd- especially in Rgveda doctorate . In 1951 he completed his habilitation in Munich with the work Der Injunktiv im Veda. A synchronous functional study (Heidelberg 1967). From 1952 to 1955 he taught comparative linguistics at the University of Saarbrücken , from 1955 to 1983 at the chair for comparative Indo-European linguistics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg . He turned down a call to Bonn (1962). Since 1972 he has been a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . His students include Rüdiger Schmitt , Gert Klingenschmitt , Michael Witzel , Johanna Narten and Heiner Eichner . His student Michael Witzel describes the Erlanger Institute, which was animated by Hoffmann, as a gurukula and says: "a situation that I never have met with anywhere else" (Indo-Iranian Journal 40, p. 245).

Publications (selection)

  • The injective in the Veda. A synchronous functional investigation (1967), C. Winter. ISBN 3-8253-0681-X
  • Essays on Indo-Iranian Studies (1975, 1976, 1992), Reichert. ISBN 3-920153-47-2
  • with J. Narten, Der Sasanidische Archetypus: Investigations on the writing and phonetic shape of the Avestian (1989), Wiesbaden. ISBN 3-88226-470-5
  • with Bernhard Forssman, Avestische Laut- und Flexionslehre (1996), Innsbruck. ISBN 3-85124-652-7

literature

  • Festival ceremony for Karl Hoffmann. 3 volumes, Munich 1985 (Munich Studies in Linguistics)
  • Academic commemoration for Professor Dr. Karl Hoffmann on July 11, 1996. Erlangen 1997
  • Klaus Strunk in: Yearbook of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences 1996, pp. 238–243
  • Michael Witzel in: Indo-Iranian Journal. Volume 40, 1997, pp. 245-253
  • Bernhard Forssman in: Kratylos. Volume 42, 1997, pp. 214-218
  • Heiner Eichner in: Almanach of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 1999, pp. 483–492
  • Johanna Narten in: Encyclopaedia Iranica. Volume 15, 2004 ( http://www.iranica.com/articles/hoffmann-karl (with picture))

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personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Indo-Europeanist and Indo-Iranian
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Hof am Regen
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1996
Place of death gain