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- Born:
- May 3, 1854, Karlsruhe, Baden [Germany]
- Died:
- Oct. 9, 1936, Munich (aged 82)
- Subjects Of Study:
- German language
- syntax
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Otto Behaghel
German scholar
Otto Behaghel (born May 3, 1854, Karlsruhe, Baden [Germany]—died Oct. 9, 1936, Munich) was a language scholar who specialized in studies of the German language. His work, Deutsche Syntax, 4 vol. (1923–32; “German Syntax”), is a massive compilation and classification of examples of German linguistic usage from the 8th to the early 20th century.
Behaghel held professorships at Heidelberg, Ger., at Basel, Switz., and at Giessen, Ger.; edited two important journals of Germanic studies; and published two works that remain standard treatises, Die Deutsche Sprache (1886; “The German Language”) and Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache (1901; “History of the German Language”).
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