Jürg Schneider: Vom Gebrauch der Philologie. Der Luzerner Sprachforscher Renward Brandstetter (1860–1942) (On the Use of Philology. The Lucerne Linguist Renward Brandstetter (1860-1942

This small book is the biography of a Swiss linguist who was an outsider in Indonesian studies. Working as a professor at the local Gymnasium of Lucerne, Brandstetter had a strong interest in philology and used it first to do research in the dialects and folklore of his native Lucerne. On an excurs...

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Autor Principal: Spiecker-Salazar, Marlies
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Publicado: Archipel 2019
Acceso en liña:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:This small book is the biography of a Swiss linguist who was an outsider in Indonesian studies. Working as a professor at the local Gymnasium of Lucerne, Brandstetter had a strong interest in philology and used it first to do research in the dialects and folklore of his native Lucerne. On an excursion in 1884 he met the Dutch professor G.K. Niemann, who taught Malay to missionaries and colonial administrators at the Academy in Delft. Brandstetter got interested in Indonesian languages and st...