Roland Hoffmann (classical philologist)

Roland Hoffmann (* 1955 in Altena - Evingsen ) is a German classical philologist with a focus on Latin linguistics .

Career

Hoffmann completed his studies in Protestant theology and classical philology in Bielefeld and Mainz. Since 1983 he has been teaching as a teacher for the subjects Latin, Greek, Protestant religion and ethics.

In 1994 he received his doctorate in classical philology at the University of Mainz with a thesis on the grammaticalization of Latin verbal phrases (published by Peter Lang Verlag in Frankfurt a. M. 1997). In 1995 he took part in the International Colloquia on Latin Linguistics for the first time, and has been a regular participant since 2001. Sometimes also at colloquia on Vulgar and Late Latin and other congresses with their own contributions to Latin linguistics. In the 1990s he belonged to the Mainz linguists circle founded by Walter Bisang , which was able to attract speakers such as Bernard Comrie , William Croft , William A. Foley , Paul J. Hopper , Hans-Jürgen Sasse and Barbara Wotjak . Hoffmann is u. a. Member of the Evaluation Committee of the International Colloquia on Latin Linguistics. He is co-editor of the “Study Books on Latin Linguistics” at Buske-Verlag in Hamburg. Hoffmann later held published congress lectures a. a. at the universities of Heidelberg, Bologna, Oxford, Innsbruck, Uppsala, Paris (Université IV "Sorbonne"), Rome (Università di Roma Tre), Toulouse and Budapest. There is a collaboration with Harm Pinkster and Caroline Kroon , Amsterdam, with Jingling Wang , Frankfurt a. M. as well as with Dirk Panhuis , Leuven (Belgium).

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• Research contributions on the Latin morphosyntax and valence of the verb, word order, linguistic analysis of the Vulgate, language typology of Latin and the history of grammar.
• Numerous reviews, essays (partly in Latin, English and French), a book on Latin verbal periphrases and two translations of an introduction to the Latin language and a study grammar from Dutch and English. Further book projects on the typology of Latin, the Vulgate and Priscian's syntax (Inst. 17-18) are planned.
• In the German-speaking world she is one of the leading representatives of Latin linguistics, the linguistic description and analysis of Latin, including newer linguistic methods, theories and models. Prefers a functional-typological approach.

Publications (selection)

• (1996). 'Functional verb structure in Latin'. In: Proceedings of the Eighth International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics. Ed. by A. Bammesberger & Fr. Heberlein, Heidelberg: Winter (Indo-European Library; third row: Investigations), 200-212.
• (1997). Latin verbal phrases of the amans sum and amatus fui types: valence and grammaticalization (primary text corpus: Ovid). Frankfurt a. M. u. a .: Lang (European University Theses: Series 21: Linguistics; Vol. 175).
• (1999a). 'Observations on the Category of the Converb in Late Latin'. In: Latin vulgaire - latin tardif V. Actes du V e Colloque international sur le latin vulgaire et tardif (Heidelberg, 5-8 September 1997), édités par H. Petersmann et R. Kettemann, Heidelberg: Winter, 251-265.
• (1999b). 'De lingua Latina, qualis describenda sit ratione typologica inter numerosas variasque totius mundi linguas'. In: Vivida loquela. Donum natalicium Nicolao Sallmanno sexagesimum quintum annum agenti a fautoribus linguae Latinae oblatum (FS Sallmann), ed. J. Blänsdorf, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 181-206 (under the title: "De typologia linguae Latinae" also in: Vox Latina 37 , 2001, 152-182; in the German version in 2018b).
• (2005). 'Functional verb constructions of the type adferre + accusative: synchronic and diachronic observations'. In: Papers on Grammar IX.2: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics, ed. By G. Calboli. Rome, 547-559.
• (2007). 'Rez v. L. Amenta. Perifrasi aspettuali in greco e in latino. Origini e grammaticalizzazioni '. Milano (F. Angeli) 2003. Materiali linguistici: 38, 170 pp. € 15.50 ': Kratylos 52: 98-102.
• (2008a). 'Causative Constructions in Late Latin Biblical Translations'. In: Latin vulgaire - latin tardif VIII. Actes du VIIIe colloque international sur le latin vulgaire et tardif, Oxford, 6-9 September 2006. Edités by Roger Wright. Hildesheim: Olms Weidmann 2007, 160-172.
• (2008b) & Jingling Wang: 'Latin and Chinese: Comparing incomparable things? Typological observations on the system and structure of two major cultural languages'. In: Papers on Grammar X. Ed. G. Calboli. Rome, 133-177.
• (2010b). 'Latin word order revisited: pragmatic information structure of topic and focus'. In: Latin Linguistics Today. Innsbruck (Innsbruck Contributions to Linguistics; 137): 267-79.
• (2014): "Les constructions causatives dans les traductions latines des textes hébreux et grecs: le cas de la Vulgate de Jérôme". Dans: B. Bortolussi & P. ​​Lecaudé (éds.). La Causativité en latin (Collection KUBABA; Série Grammaire et Linguistique). Paris: L'Harmattan 2014, 143-176.
• (2015a). Panhuis, Dirk. Latin grammar. Translated by Roland Hoffmann (original title: "Latijnse Grammatica"). Berlin & New York: De Gruyter.
• (2015b). 'On Sentential Complements of Latin Function Verb Constructions'. In: Latin Linguistics in the Early 21st Century. Acts of the 16th International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics, Uppsala, June 6th – 11th, 2011. Edited by Gerd Haverling (Acta Universatis Upsaliensis; Studia Latina Upsaliensia; 35). Uppsala Universitet: 362-73.
• (2016a). 'On causativity in Latin': Journal of Latin Linguistics 15, 33-71.
• (2016b): 'Gender in Latin and language typology'. In: P. Poccetti (ed.). Latinitatis rationes. Descriptive and historical accounts for the Latin Language. Berlin & New York: De Gruyter, 820-840.
• (2016c). 'Rez. v. H. Pinkster: Oxford Latin Syntax. Vol. 1: The Simple Clause ': Kratylos 61: 163-178.
• (2017a): 'The syntactic conception of the »Detailed grammar of the Latin language« by Raphael Kühner (1878-1879) 1': Gymnasium 124: 145-179.
• (2017b). 'A world-famous linguist from Mainz: Franz Bopp in memory'. In: Vierteljahreshefte Mainz, Sept. 2017: 62-67.
• (2018a). 'KF Becker's theory of sentence relationships, the Latin grammar of the 19th century and today's linguistics': Gymnasium 125: 355-378.
• (2018b). Latin linguistics. Selected contributions to morphosyntax and syntax from a single language and typological perspective. Hamburg: Buske Verlag (study books on Latin linguistics; 3).
• (2018c). 'Criteria for describing valency in Latin function verb constructions'. In: Bodelot, Colette & Spevak, Olga (eds). Les constructions à verbe support en latin. Clermont-Ferrand: Presses Universitaire Blaise Pascal 2018 (Cahiers du Laboratoire d Recherche sur le Langage; 7): 75-93.
• (in issue a). 'Latin word order in the Vulgate 2: The order of modifier and noun'. Lecture for a late Latin congress in Aug. 2016 in Uppsala.
• (in publication b). 'Latin word order in the Vulgate 3: Discontinuities in the order of Noun and Modifier'. Latin vulgaire - latin tardif XIII, Budapest, La Hongrie 3 - 7 septembre 2018.
• (2020a). 'Translating from Latin from the perspective of contemporary linguistic theories'. In: Stefan Freund & Nina Mindt (eds.). Translation from Latin as a research field. Tasks, questions, concepts. Tübingen: Narr, 143-173.
• (2020b). 'The Oxford Latin Syntax' and the 'Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek': Two Newer Grammars in the Field of Ancient Languages': Gymnasium 127: 53-76.
• (MS a). 'Support verb constructions for human feelings, perception and cognition in Cicero and Seneca the Younger'. Paper for the 20th International Colloquium on Latin in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) in 2019, June 17-21.
• (MS c). Lingua vulgata. Linguistic contributions to the Latin Bible. With essays by Marcela Andoková, Bernard Bortolussi, Jesús della Villa Polo, Gerd Haverling, Kevin Zilverberg and others. a. Hamburg: Buske-Verlag.
• (MS d). Typology of Latin. Hamburg: Buske-Verlag.