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Carl Borgstrøm

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Carl Hjalmar Borgstrøm
Born1909
Died1986
NationalityNorwegian
Known forwork in Scottish Gaelic linguistics
Scientific career
Fieldslinguistics, Celtic studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Oslo

Carl Hjalmar Borgstrøm (1909 – 1986) was a Norwegian professor of Indo-European linguistics who made significant contributions to the scientific study of Scottish Gaelic and Irish.[1][2]

His key publications on Scottish Gaelic include:

  • (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap 8
  • (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland. The dialects of the Outer Hebrides Oslo University Press
  • (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland. The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire Oslo University Press

References

  1. ^ "Carl Hjalmar Borgstrøm". Store Norske Lekiskon (in Norwegian). 6 December 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Irish Researchers and Writers". University of Duisburg. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 15 April 2012.