Werner Thomas (Linguist)

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Werner Thomas (born November 14, 1923 in Neugersdorf , Upper Lusatia ; † January 1, 2008 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ) was a German linguist and President of the Scientific Society at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt .

Life

Thomas studied linguistics, in 1956 he became a public lecturer in Göttingen . In 1959, he received a call to the chair of Indo-European Linguistics at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University . He taught all of Indo-European Studies, from Irish to Indian. After his retirement he taught at the Institute for Comparative Linguistics at the university. His main research focus was Tocharian , an extinct Indo-European language discovered in Chinese Turkestan at the beginning of the 20th century .

Werner Thomas was President of the Scientific Society at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt from 1984 until his death, which celebrated its centenary in 2006. Since 1964 he was a member of the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature in the field of Indo-European Linguistics, especially typology, non-European languages; older language levels, historical linguistics.

Fonts (selection)

  • Tocharic elementary book. Volume I: Grammar. 1960, Volume II, Texts and Glossary. 1964, Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, Heidelberg. (with Wolfgang Krause )
  • Formal peculiarities in metrical texts of Tocharian: To distribute B tane / tne 'here' and B ñake / ñke 'now'. Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-515-03236-3 .
  • The Tocharian obliquus in the sense of an accusative of direction. Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-515-04042-0 .
  • The exploration of the Tocharian (1960-1984). Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-515-04434-5 .
  • Problems with the translation of Buddhist texts into Tocharian. Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz 1989, ISBN 3-515-05485-5 .
  • Tocharian Maitreya parallels from Hami. Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-515-05752-8 .
  • Parallel texts in Tocharian and their evaluation. Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-515-06348-X .
  • To the Tocharian syntax. Adverbials A māk, B māka 'much'. Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-515-06757-4 .
  • Problems of interpretation in Tocharian. Unflexed A puk, B po 'whole, all, everyone'. Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-515-07149-0 .

Editor and editor:

  • Emil Sieg, Wilhelm Siegling: Remnants of Tocharian language. Language B, booklet 2. Fragments No. 71–633 . From the estate ed. by Werner Thomas. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1953.
  • Emil Sieg, Wilhelm Siegling: Remnants of Tocharian language. Language B. Part I: The texts. Volume 1. Fragments No. 1–116 of the Berlin Collection . Revised and provided with a comment and register by Werner Thomas. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1983, ISBN 3-525-82414-9 .

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SURNAME Thomas, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German linguist
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Neugersdorf , Upper Lusatia
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 2008
Place of death Bad Homburg vor der Höhe