Stefan Sonderegger

Stefan Sonderegger (born June 28, 1927 in Herisau ; † December 7, 2017 ) was a Swiss German linguist and name researcher . He was a full professor for Germanic philology at the University of Zurich .

Life

After attending the St. Gallen Cantonal School, Stefan Sonderegger studied German philology at the Universities of Zurich and Uppsala . In 1955 he received his doctorate in the subjects of the history of the German language and literature, the comparative history of the Germanic languages ​​and historical auxiliary sciences ( palaeography and diplomatics).

Appointed Associate Professor of German Philology in 1961 and Full Professor in 1964, he taught at the University of Zurich until his retirement in 1994. 1980–1982 he worked as dean of the Philosophical Faculty I, 1973–1984 as a research councilor of the Swiss National Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research . The main areas of his research were the history of the German language and onomatology, as well as the history of German science .

From 1960, Sonderegger was a general staff officer in the Swiss Army , from 1973 a colonel and from 1982 a brigadier and head of the troop information service.

Awards

• 1977: Brothers Grimm Prize of the Philipps University of Marburg , for achievements in the research areas of the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm , in particular linguistics and literary studies, folklore, legal history and history.
• 1983: Honorary doctorate. Suffered. D. hc from the University of Dublin , Trinity College
• 1986: Upper Rhine Culture Prize of the Goethestiftung Basel
• 1989: Fil. Dr. hc, Uppsala University
• 1990: Foreign member of the Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala
• 1992: Member of the Linguistic Commission of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
• 1994: Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau
• 1994: Corresponding member of the Institute of Germanic Studies, University of London

Publications (selection)

• The place and field names of the state of Appenzell. Vol. I: Grammatical representation. Huber, Frauenfeld 1958 (= contributions to Swiss German dialect research, 7).
• Swiss German dialect research 1800–1959. Bibliographic manual with table of contents. With a foreword by Rudolf Hotzenköcherle. Huber, Frauenfeld 1962. (= Contributions to Swiss-German dialect research, 12).
• Old High German in St. Gallen. Results and problems of the Old High German language tradition in St. Gallen from the 8th to the 12th century. Ostschweizer Druck und Verlag / Jan Thorbecke Verlag, St. Gallen / Sigmaringen 1972. (= Bibliotheca Sangallensis, 6.)
• Old high German language and literature. 1974 (Göschen Collection 8005). 3rd, revised and significantly expanded edition: De Gruyter, Berlin 2003. ( De Gruyter study book )
• Basics of German language history. Diachrony of the language system. Vol. I. Introduction. Genealogy. Constants. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1979.
• Germanica selecta. Selected writings on Germanic and German philology. For the 75th birthday of the author. by Harald Burger and Elvira Glaser . Francke, Tübingen / Basel 2002.
• as publisher: Research on the Alemannic language area. Volumes 1-9, Huber & Co, Frauenfeld 1973-1984.

Font directories

• List of publications by Stefan Sonderegger. Compiled by Hans-Peter Schifferle . In: Harald Burger , Alois M. Haas , Peter von Matt (eds.): Verborum amor. Studies on the history and art of the German language. Festschrift for Stefan Sonderegger on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1992, pp. 783-830.
• List of publications by Stefan Sonderegger. In: Harald Burger, Elvira Glaser (Eds.): Germanica selecta. Selected writings on Germanic and German philology. For the author's 75th birthday. A. Francke Verlag, Tübingen / Basel 2002, pp. 645–653.
• Complete list of publications (1958–2015) (excluding reviews and newspaper articles) on Stefan Sonderegger's website at the German Department of the University of Zurich.

literature

• Harald Burger : Dominant personality with great rhetorical flair. On the death of the classical philologist Stefan Sonderegger. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , December 30, 2017, p. 16.
• Angelo Garovi : Stefan Sonderegger. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• pd: An exhibition for the 80th birthday. (Article on the 80th birthday of Stefan Sonderegger). In: St. Galler Tagblatt Online, June 29, 2007. Link ( Memento from December 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• Publications by Stefan Sonderegger in the RI-Opac of the Regesta imperii
• Stefan Sonderegger on the website of the University of Zurich (with list of publications)
• Literature by and about Stefan Sonderegger in the catalog of the German National Library
• New name books from Appenzell and Basel-Stadt. «Schnabelweid». With Stefan Sonderegger. Moderation: Stefan Siegenthaler, editor: Markus Gasser. First broadcast: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 9:03 p.m., Radio SRF 1.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary in: NZZ , December 9, 2017, p. 20.