Alfred Bammesberger (25 September 1938 – 7 January 2025) was a German academic who became Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Linguistics at the Catholic University of Eichstätt.
Life and career State examination in English and French 1962–1965, Dr. phil. (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 1965), Habilitation (University of Freiburg in 1970). Professor of English and Comparative Linguistics, Catholic University of Eichstätt from 1980, emeritus 2006. Declined appointments: University of Münster (1979), University of Würzburg (1988), University of Freiburg (1989).
Bammesberger was the author of more than 25 scholarly books and numerous essays on historical linguistics, with a focus on Indo-Germanic studies, Old German studies, English studies, and Baltic studies. From 1985 to 2015, Alfred Bammesberger was editor of the journal Historische Sprachforschung/Historical Linguistics and he was still co-editor of the journal Onomasiology Online (2022). He was an external member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences in Krakow.
Bammesberger died on 7 January 2025, at the age of 86.
Works (selection) Source: Deverbative jan-Verba des Altenglischen - Munich, 1965 Abstraktbildungen in den baltischen Sprachen (= Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiet der indogermanischen Sprachen. Ergänzungshefte. 22). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1973, ISBN 3-525-26208-6 (Simultaneously abridged: Freiburg, university, Habilitations-Schrift, 1971). Beiträge zu einem etymologischen Wörterbuch des Altenglischen [Contributions to an etymological Dictionary of the Old English language] - Heidelberg : Winter, 1979 Englische Sprachwissenschaft English Linguistics- Munich: Minerva-Publikation, 1981 An outline of modern Irish grammar - Heidelberg: Winter, 1983 Twentieth century Irish prose - Heidelberg: Winter, 1984 A sketch of diachronic English morphology - Regensburg: Pustet, 1984 Studien zur Laryngaltheorie [Studies on Laryngeal Theory] - Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1984 Lateinische Sprachwissenschaft Latin Linguistics - Regensburg : Pustet, 1984 As editor: The etymological dictionary. Questions of conception and design. Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1983. English etymology. Carl Winter, Heidelberg 1984. Problems of old English lexicography - Regensburg: Pustet, 1985 Linguistic notes on Old English poetic texts - Heidelberg: Winter, 1986 Der Aufbau des germanischen Verbalsystems - Heidelberg: Winter, 1986 English linguistics - Heidelberg: Winter, 1989 Britain 400–600 - Heidelberg: Winter, 1990 As editor with Gaby Waxenberger: Pforzen und Bergakker. New investigations on runic inscriptions (= Historische Sprachforschung. Ergänzungsheft. 41). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1990, ISBN 3-525-26231-0, (digital copy). Old English runes and their continental background - Heidelberg: Winter, 1991 Akten des VIII. Internationalen Kolloquiums zur Lateinischen Linguistik / International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics (1995: Eichstätt). - Heidelberg: Winter, 1996 Index to the Journal of Comparative Linguistics, Volumes 1–100 (1851–1987). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1997. As editor: Baltic Studies. Tasks and Methods (= Indo-European Library. Dept. 3: Investigations. 19). Winter, Heidelberg 1998, ISBN 3-8253-0726-3. Baltistik - Heidelberg: Winter, 1998 Repetitorium zur englischen Sprachwissenschaft - Heidelberg: Winter, 1999 Languages in prehistoric Europe - Heidelberg: Winter, 2003 Das fuþark und seine einzelsprachlichen Weiterentwicklungen - Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2006 (online ressource)
Literature about A. Bammesberger Bammesberger, Alfred. In: Wilfried Kürschner (ed.): Linguisten-Handbuch. 2 vols. Narr, Tübingen 1994, ISBN 3-8233-5000-5, vol. 1, p. 31 f. (online).
References
External links Literature by and about Alfred Bammesberger in the Catalog of the German National Library Alfred Bammesberger on the website of the KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt Alfred Bammesberger as Co-Editor of Onomasiology Online Editorial of Historische Sprachforschung vol. 128 (2015) on the occasion of Bammesbergers retirement after 30 years as editor [in German]. Alfred Bammesberger on the website of Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities.