Wolfgang Wildgen

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Wolfgang Wildgen (born January 1, 1944 in Fürth ) is a German linguist .

biography

Wildgen grew up in Lower Bavaria and Luxembourg . In 1961 the family returned to Germany and Wildgen graduated from high school in Regensburg in 1964. After completing his military service , he studied German , Romance studies and general linguistics at the University of Munich , the University of Cologne , the University of Bonn , Besançon and the University of Regensburg . In 1971 he passed the first state examination for the higher teaching degree in German and French, in 1976 he received his doctorate at the University of Regensburg in the subjects of general linguistics and German linguistics. In 1975/76 he was a research assistant (DFG) at the University of Heidelberg , from 1977 to 1979 DFG habilitation candidate and 1979 to 1981 research assistant (DFG) at the University of Regensburg, where he completed his habilitation in general linguistics in 1981. In the same year he was offered a professorship for linguistics with a focus on German linguistics at the University of Bremen , where he taught and researched until his retirement in 2009.

research

In his research, Wildgen deals with semiotics , sociolinguistics and language contact research , cognitive linguistics , the history of linguistics and, in recent years, especially the origin of language and art in the evolution of mankind.

Works (selection)

  • Differential linguistics. Design of a model to describe and measure semantic and pragmatic variation . Niemeyer, Tübingen 1977.
  • Communicative style and socialization. An empirical study . Niemeyer, Tübingen 1977.
  • Communication dynamics: building blocks for a dynamic language model . Habilitation thesis, University of Regensburg, 1979. http://elib.suub.uni-bremen.de/ip/docs/00010402.pdf
  • Catastrophe Theoretic Semantics. An Elaboration and Application of René Thom's Theory . Benjamin, Amsterdam 1982.
  • Archetype semantics. Basics for dynamic semantics based on catastrophe theory . Narr, Tübingen 1985.
  • Process, Image, and Meaning. A Realistic Model of the Meanings of Sentences and Narrative Texts . Benjamin, Amsterdam 1994.
  • The cosmic memory. Cosmology, semiotics and memory theory in the work of Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) . Lang, Frankfurt 1998.
  • De la grammaire au discours. Une approche morphodynamique . Lang, Bern 1999.
  • The Evolution of Human Language. Scenarios, Principles, and Cultural Dynamics . Series: Advances in Consciousness Research. Benjamin, Amsterdam 2004.
  • Cognitive grammar. Classic paradigms and new perspectives . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2008.
  • The linguistics of the 20th century. Attempt to take stock . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010.
  • Giordano Bruno. Nine studies and dialogues on an extreme thinker . LIT-Verlag, Münster 2011.
  • Visual semiotics. The development of the visible. From the cave picture to the modern city . transcript, Bielefeld 2013.

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personal data
SURNAME Wildgen, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German linguist
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Fuerth