Michael Elmentaler
Michael Elmentaler (born February 22, 1965 in Duisburg ) is a German specialist in German .
Michael Elmentaler studied German, philosophy and political science (Magister) at the University of Duisburg-Essen from 1984 to 1989 . From 1989 to 2003 he worked as a research assistant and research assistant in the field of German studies at the University of Duisburg. In 1994 he received his doctorate in Duisburg-Essen with the thesis Logical-semantic studies in grammar of the early 19th century. Studies on the theory of categories by Simon Heinrich Adolf Herling . In the summer of 2000 Elmentaler had a teaching position at the Radboud University Nijmegen . In 2002 he completed his habilitation in Duisburg-Essen with a thesis on the subject of studies on the structure and diachronic development of historical writing languages from the 14th to 17th centuries . From 2003 to 2006 he was a professor at the German Department of the University of Bonn . Since 2006 Elmentaler has been teaching as a professor for German linguistics with a focus on Low German language and literature at the University of Kiel .
His research focuses on Low German linguistics, dialectology and substandard research, historical graphematics (writing language research), and the historiography of linguistics.
Fonts
Monographs
- Structure and change of premodern writing languages (= Studia linguistica Germanica. Vol. 71). de Gruyter, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-11-017853-2 .
- Logical-semantic studies in grammar in the early 19th century. Investigations on the theory of categories by Simon Heinrich Adolf Herling (= series German linguistics. Vol. 160). Niemeyer, Tübingen 1996, ISBN 3-484-31160-6 .
Editorships
- German and his neighbors. Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-58885-7 .
- Regional languages, city languages and institutional languages in the historical process (= writings on diachronic linguistics. Vol. 10). Ed. Praesens, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-7069-0070-X .
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Elmentaler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website from Elmentaler at the University of Kiel
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Elmentaler, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Germanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duisburg |