Georg von der Gabelentz
Hans Georg Conon of the Gabelentz ( born March 16, 1840 in Poschwitz, † December 10, 1893 in Berlin) was a German linguist and sinologist. He is considered one of the forerunners of modern synchronous linguistics.
Biography
George of the Gabelentz came from the Saxon noble family Gabelentz based at Castle Poschwitz. He was the son of Hans Conon of the Gabelentz (1807-1874), is said to have spoken 24 languages , was a founder of the German Oriental Society and held several political positions.
Gabelentz learned during his high school years in Altenburg Dutch, Italian and Chinese. 1860-1864 he studied law and Kameralistik at the University of Jena and entered 1864 in Dresden as a jurist in the Saxon government service a. At the same time he continued his studies of Chinese, Japanese and Manchurian continued in Leipzig.
In 1872 he married Alexandra of Rothkirch. In 1876 he took his doctorate with a translation of a philosophical text from the Chinese. On July 1, 1878 as an associate professor of East Asian languages in Leipzig was established at his suggestion, and he held this position. It was the first academic posts in the German language, which was specifically devoted to the Chinese and Japanese. He also dealt further with the Manchurian, Mongolian, Tibetan and Malay, but considered his masterpiece is considered the Chinese grammar, which appeared in 1881. The grammar was reprinted unchanged in 1953 and since then underwent several editions.
1884-1889 was Gabelentz together with Friedrich Techmer out the International Journal of General Linguistics.
Among his students in Leipzig, the German Sinologist Wilhelm mine were (1855-1908) and JJ M de Groot (1854-1921), the Austrian sinologist Arthur rust Horn (1862-1945), the Japanese studies Karl Florence (1865-1939), but the archaeologist Max Uhle also (1856-1944), the Tibetologist Heinrich Wenzel and art historian Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Müller ( 1863-1930 ).
1889 marriage of George was divorced from the Gabelentz, he was appointed full professor of East Asian languages and general linguistics to Berlin and on 27 June 1889 he became a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. In 1891, he married Gertrud spoil. of Adelebsen, 1891 appears another important work, The linguistics, in which he represents the theory of cyclic language change and the objectives and tasks of linguistics. Sometimes it is also claimed, such as Eugenio Coseriu, Gabelentz Ferdinand de Saussure's distinction of 've langage, langue and parole and other terms occurring in Saussure anticipated. With a book on the genetic classification of the Austronesian languages , he is continuing his father's work. Posthumously published a very modern looking sketch of a research program of linguistic typology ( Gabelentz 1894), anticipated the later developments of Quantitative Linguistics.
Since 1860 he was a member of the Corps Franconia Jena.
Membership
- Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences.