Jens Elmegård Rasmussen (March 15, 1944 - May 15, 2013) was associate professor of Indo-European Studies and head of the Roots of Europe research center at the University of Copenhagen from its initiation in 2008 until his death.[1] He was an expert on Proto-Indo-European and Indo-European languages in general, especially morphophonemics, but he also published articles on the history of Eskimo–Aleut languages and linguistic diachrony. He supported the Indo-Uralic and Eurasiatic hypotheses.
Elmegård Rasmussen was the leading editor of the international scholarly journal Tocharian and Indo-European Studies (TIES) and chief editor of the book series Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European. He was married to the Danish Indo-Europeanist Birgit Anette Olsen.[2]
Selected publications [edit]
- 1989, Studien zur Morphophonemik der Indogermanischen Grundsprache. Innsbruck: Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft.
- 1999, Selected Papers on Indo-European Linguistics. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press.
References [edit]
- ^ http://rootsofeurope.ku.dk/english/staff/profile/?id=82238
- ^ http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Sprog/Sprogforskeres_biografier/Jens_Elmeg%C3%A5rd_Rasmussen
External links [edit]
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Linguist |
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March 15, 1944 |
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Denmark |
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