Robert S. P. Beekes - Wikipedia Robert S. P. Beekes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Dutch linguist Robert S. P. Beekes Born Robert Stephen Paul Beekes (1937-09-02)2 September 1937 Haarlem, Netherlands Died 21 September 2017(2017-09-21) (aged 80) Oegstgeest, Netherlands Nationality Dutch Education Ph.D., 1969 Known for Contributions to Indo-European studies Reconstructing Pre-Greek phonology Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Etymological Dictionary of Greek Scientific career Fields Indo-European linguistics Institutions Leiden University Robert Stephen Paul Beekes (Dutch: [ˈbeːkəs]; 2 September 1937 – 21 September 2017)[1] was a Dutch linguist who was emeritus professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at Leiden University and an author of many monographs on the Proto-Indo-European language. Contents 1 Scholarly work 2 Publications (selection) 2.1 Monographs 2.2 Edited volumes 2.3 Articles 3 References 4 External links Scholarly work[edit] One of his most well-known books is Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, a standard handbook on Proto-Indo-European that treats the area of linguistic reconstruction thoroughly but also features cultural reconstruction and comparative linguistic methods in general. Beekes was also a co-author, with L. Bouke van der Meer, of De Etrusken spreken (1991). He advocated the Asia Minor theory to explain the Etruscans' origin.[2] In 1993, he was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3] He also did work on Pre-Greek, the (non-Indo-European) language that was spoken in Greece before Greek, possibly around 2000 BC. Since this language was not written, Beekes obtained his information from many words in Classical Greek that show a non-Greek structure and development.[4] Publications (selection)[edit] Monographs[edit] The Development of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Greek. The Hague–Paris: Mouton, 1969. The Origins of the Indo-European Nominal Inflection. Innsbruck: IBS, 1985. A Grammar of Gatha-Avestan. Leiden: Brill, 1988. Vergelijkende taalwetenschap. Een inleiding in de vergelijkende Indo-europese taalwetenschap. Amsterdam: Het Spectrum, 1990. English translation: Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, trans. UvA Vertalers & Paul Gabriner. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1995; second edition revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, 2011. with L. Bouke van der Meer, De Etrusken spreken. Muiderberg: Coutinho, 1991. The Origin of the Etruscans. Amsterdam: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 2003. Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2 vols. Leiden: Brill, 2009. Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, 2014. (Edited by Stefan Norbruis.) Edited volumes[edit] Rekonstruktion und relative Chronologie. Akten der VIII. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, Leiden, 31. August – 4. September 1987, ed. Robert S. P. Beekes. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, 1992.[citation needed] Articles[edit] "Mṓnukhes híppoi", Orbis 20 (1971): 138–142. "H2O", Die Sprache 18 (1972): 11–31. "The nominative of the hysterodynamic noun-inflection", Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung 86 (1972): 30–63. "The proterodynamic perfect", Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung 87 (1973): 86–98. "Two notes on PIE stems in dentals", Historische Grammatik des Griechischen: Laut- und Formenlehre, ed. Helmut Rix. Darmstadt: 1975, pp. 9–14. "Intervocalic laryngeal in Gatha-Avestan", Bono Homini Donum: Essays in Historical Linguistics, in Memory of J. Alexander Kerns, eds. Yoël L. Arbeitman & Allan R. Bomhard. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1981, pp. 47–64. "The disyllabic reduplication of the Sanskrit intensives", Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft 40 (1981): 19–25. "The subjunctive endings of Indo-Iranian", Indo-Iranian Journal 23 (1981): 21–27 "GAv. må, the PIE word for 'moon, month', and the perfect participle", Journal of Indo-European Studies 10 (1982): 53–64. "On laryngeals and pronouns", Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung 96 (1983): 200–232. "PIE 'sun'", Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft 43 (1984): 5–8. "On Indo-European 'wine'", Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft 80 (1987): 21–6. "The origin of the PIE pronominal inflection", A Festschrift in honour of E. C. Polomé, eds. M. A. Jazayery & W. Winter. NY: de Gruyter, 1987, pp. 73–88. "The word for 'four' in PIE", Journal of Indo-European Studies 15 (1987): 215–19. "Laryngeal developments: A survey", Die Laryngaltheorie und die Rekonstruktion des indogermanischen Laut- und Formensystems, ed. Alfred Bammesberger. Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1988, pp. 59–105. "PIE RHC – in Greek and other languages", Indogermanische Forschungen 93 (1988): 22–45. "The genitive singular of the pronoun in Germanic and Indo-European", Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur 110 (1988): 1–5. "The nature of the PIE laryngeals", The New Sound of Indo-European: Essays in Phonological Reconstruction, ed. Theo Vennemann. Berlin/NY: de Gruyter, 1989, pp. 23–33. "Bloem en blad", 100 jaar etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands, eds. A. Moerdijk et al. The Hague: 1990, pp. 375–382. "De verwantschap van het Etruskisch", Lampas 23 (1990): 5–18. "The genitive in *-osio", Folia linguistica historica 11 (1990): 21–6. "The historical grammar of Greek", Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology, ed. P. Baldi. Berlin–NY: de Gruyter, 1990, pp. 305–329. "Wackernagel's explanation of the lengthened grade", Sprachwissenschaft und Philologie, eds. H. Eichner & Helmut Rix. Wiesbaden: 1990, pp. 33–53 "Who were the laryngeals?", In honorem Holger Pedersen: Kolloquium der indogermanischen Gesellschaft vom 25. bis 28. März 1993 in Kopenhagen, ed. J. Rasmussen. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag 1994, pp. 449–454. "Hades and Elysion", Mír Curad. Studies in honor of Calvert Watkins, ed. Jay Jasanoff. Innsbruck: 1998, pp. 17–28. "European substratum words in Greek", 125 Jahre Indogermanistik in Graz, eds. Michaela Ofitsch & Christian Zinko. Graz: 2000, pp. 21–31. “Indo-European or substrate? φάτνη and κῆρυξ”, Languages in Prehistoric Europe, eds. Alfred Bammesberger & Theo Vennemann. Heidelberg: 2003, pp. 109–116. “Armenian gišer and the Indo-European word for ‘evening’”, Per aspera ad asteriscos: Studia Indogermanica in honorem Iens Elmegård Rasmussen sexagenarii. Idibus Martiis anno MMIV, eds. Adam Hyllested et al. Innsbruck: 2004, pp. 59–61. “Palatalized consonants in Pre-Greek”, Evidence and counter-evidence: essays in honour of Frederik Kortlandt, eds. Alexander Lubotsky et al. Amsterdam: 2008, pp. 45–56. Supervisor with Alexander Lubotsky of the Indo-European Etymological Dictionary, 1991 ff. References[edit] ^ NRC Handelsblad, 23 September 2017. ^ The Origin of the Etruscans ^ "R.S.P. Beekes". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015. ^ Etymological Dictionary of Greek – Pre-Greek Loanwords in Greek Archived 2 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine External links[edit] Robert S. P. 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