Alfred Bammesberger


Alfred Bammesberger 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., Habilitation. Professor of English and Comparative Linguistics, Catholic University of Eichstätt from 1980, emeritus 2006. Declined appointments: Münster, Würzburg, Freiburg.
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. 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, 1965Abstraktbildungen in den baltischen Sprachen. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1973, ISBN 3-525-26208-6.Beiträge zu einem etymologischen Wörterbuch des Altenglischen - Heidelberg : Winter, 1979Englische Sprachwissenschaft English Linguistics- Munich: Minerva-Publikation, 1981An outline of modern Irish grammar - Heidelberg: Winter, 1983Twentieth century Irish prose - Heidelberg: Winter, 1984
  • A sketch of diachronic English morphology - Regensburg: Pustet, 1984Studien zur Laryngaltheorie - Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1984Lateinische 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, 1985Linguistic notes on Old English poetic texts - Heidelberg: Winter, 1986Der Aufbau des germanischen Verbalsystems - Heidelberg: Winter, 1986English linguistics - Heidelberg: Winter, 1989Britain 400–600 - Heidelberg: Winter, 1990
  • As editor with Gaby Waxenberger: Pforzen und Bergakker. New investigations on runic inscriptions. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1990, ISBN 3-525-26231-0,.Old English runes and their continental background - Heidelberg: Winter, 1991Akten des VIII. Internationalen Kolloquiums zur Lateinischen Linguistik / International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics. - Heidelberg: Winter, 1996Index to the Journal of Comparative Linguistics, Volumes 1–100. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1997.
  • As editor: Baltic Studies. Tasks and Methods. Winter, Heidelberg 1998, ISBN 3-8253-0726-3.Baltistik - Heidelberg: Winter, 1998Repetitorium zur englischen Sprachwissenschaft - Heidelberg: Winter, 1999Languages in prehistoric Europe - Heidelberg: Winter, 2003Das fuþark und seine einzelsprachlichen Weiterentwicklungen - Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2006

Literature about A. Bammesberger

  • Bammesberger, Alfred. In: Wilfried Kürschner : Linguisten-Handbuch. 2 vols. Narr, Tübingen 1994, ISBN 3-8233-5000-5, vol. 1, p. 31 f..