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Rohlfs, Gerhard, 1831-1896We have 5 books for this author.The geographer exploring Africa was named Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs. Gerhard Rohlfs (1892 - 1986) taught Romance languages and literature at the universities of Tübingen and Munich in Germany. He was described as an "archeologist of words". His main interest was in the languages and dialects spoken in South Italy and he travelled extensively in this region. He studied the Griko language (a Greek dialect still spoken in a few places in the Salento and in south Calabria) and found several indications suggesting that Griko is a direct descendant of the language originally spoken by the Greek colonists of Magna Grecia. He first advanced this theory in his book "Griechen und Romanen in Unteritalien" (Geneva, 1924). He also published two complete vocabulaties of the dialects spoken in Calabria (published in Milan 1938-1939) and in the Salento (Munich 1956-1961). His main work is considered his to be his Historic grammatic of the Italian language and its dialects ("Historische Grammatik der italienischen Sprache und ihrer Mundarten", Berna, 1949-1954). He received honorary degrees from the University of Calabria in Cosenza and the University of Salento in Lecce. This biographical information was gathered from the Gerhard_Rohlfs page, courtesy of the Wikipedia project. BooksBeiträge zur Entdeckung und Erforschung Africa's. Berichte aus den Jahren 1870-1875Land und Volk in Afrika, Berichte aus den Jahren 1865-1870 Mein erster Aufenthalt in Marokko und Reise südlich vom Atlas durch die Oasen Draa und Tafilet. Von Tripolis nach Alexandrien - 1. Band Von Tripolis nach Alexandrien - 2. Band |
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