Herbert Pilch

Herbert Pilch
Born (1927-02-13)13 February 1927
Wehlau
Died 19 April 2018(2018-04-19) (aged 91)
Nationality German
Known for English Phonetics, Celtic Studies
Scientific career
Fields Linguistics, Phonetics, Celtology
Institutions University of Freiburg

Herbert Pilch (13 February 1927, Wehlau, Prussia – 19 April 2018[1]) was a German linguist[2] and celtologist. He was a professor of English language and literature at the University of Freiburg in the Breisgau. His contributions to linguistics included a theory of phonemes and studies of Basel German. His main work is the Manual of English Phonetics. In 2008 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.[3]

Works

  • Phonemtheorie (Basel 1964)
  • Empirical Linguistics (München 1976)
  • Manual of English Phonetics (München 1994)
  • Altenglischer Lehrgang + Altenglische Grammatik (München 1970)
  • Sound, Sense, and System. Herbert Pilch and Postwar German Studies in English Linguistics (1955–1985) (Heidelberg 1987)
  • Die keltischen Sprachen und Literaturen Heidelberg 2007

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