Manfred Sandmann

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Manfred Sandmann (born June 2, 1906 in Rosenberg in West Prussia ; † November 12, 1980 in Berkeley ) was a German-American Romance scholar and linguist .

Life

Sandmann graduated from high school in Sopot in 1924 and then studied one semester at the Technical University of Danzig , three semesters at the University of Jena and finally in Bonn . Here he received his doctorate in 1928 under Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke on the names of the titmouse in the Romance languages . 1929–1932 he was in school in Danzig. In 1933 he became an assistant at the Centro de Estudios Históricos in Madrid in the service of Ramón Menéndez Pidal . In 1936 he went to London and lectured at Bedford College in 1938 . 1938–1945 he was a lecturer at the French Department of the University of Glasgow , 1945–1950 Lecturer of Romance Philology at the University of Edinburgh , 1950–1960 Professor of Modern Languages ​​at the University College of the West Indies, Jamaica.

In 1960, Sandmann was appointed Professor of French and Romance Philology at the University of California, Berkeley , where he retired in 1973.

A call to the University of Frankfurt a. He refused M. , but came to Germany several times to give guest lectures and professorships ( Hamburg 1968, Cologne 1974, Munich 1974/75).

The focus of Sandmann's research was in the area of syntax . Students and friends dedicated the memorial Le Gai Savoir to him. Essays in Linguistics, Philology, and Criticism , ed. By Mechthild Cranston, Madrid 1983 (with selected bibliography).

Works

  • Subject and Predicate. A Contribution to the Theory of Syntax , Edinburgh 1954, 2nd extension. Edition Heidelberg 1979 (with bio-bibliographical afterword by Rudolf Schützeichel)
  • Experiences and Critiques. Essais de Linguistique générale et de Philologie romane , Paris 1973
  • The sound of the French language. A comparison with the English , Munich 1976

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personal data
SURNAME Sandmann, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American Romance studies and linguist
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Rosenberg in West Prussia
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1980
Place of death Berkeley