Hans-Jürgen Sasse

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'''Hans-Jürgen Sasse''' (April 30, 1943 in [[Berlin]] – January 14, 2015)<ref>[http://ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/asw.html ''Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft''], Website der Universität zu Köln, retrieved, 17 January 2015.</ref> was a German [[Linguistics|linguist]]. '''Hans-Jürgen Sasse''' (30 April 1943 in [[Berlin]] – 14 January 2015)<ref>[http://ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/asw.html ''Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft''], Website der Universität zu Köln, retrieved, 17 January 2015.</ref> was a German [[Linguistics|linguist]].

== Life == == Life == Sasse studied [[linguistics]], [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Semitic languages|Semitics]] and [[Languages of the Balkans|Balkanology]] in [[Freie Universität Berlin|Berlin]], [[Aristotle University of Thessaloniki|Thessaloniki]] and [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich|Munich]]. He was awarded a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in 1970 in Munich by the department of Semitic languages for his dissertation ''Linguistische Analyse des arabischen Dialekts der Mhallamiye in der Provinz Mardin (Südosttürkei)''. From 1972 to 1977 he was research assistant at the Institut für Allgemeine und Indogermanische Sprachwissenschaft (Institute for General and Indo-European Linguistics) in Munich. In 1975, he received his [[habilitation]] with the book ''Die Morphophonologie des Galab-Verbs'' and in 1977 he was made a professor. In 1987, he became chair of general and comparative linguistics at the [[University of Cologne]]. Sasse retired in the Winter Semester 2008/2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/11407.html |title=Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Sasse|publisher=University of Cologne}}</ref> Sasse studied [[linguistics]], [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Semitic languages|Semitics]] and [[Languages of the Balkans|Balkanology]] at the [[Free University of Berlin]], the [[Aristotle University of Thessaloniki]] and [[LMU Munich]]. He was awarded a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in 1970 at LMU Munich by the Department of Semitic Languages for his dissertation ''Linguistische Analyse des arabischen Dialekts der Mhallamiye in der Provinz Mardin (Südosttürkei)''. From 1972 to 1977, he was a research assistant at the Institut für Allgemeine und Indogermanische Sprachwissenschaft (Institute for General and Indo-European Linguistics) at LMU Munich. In 1975, he received his [[habilitation]] with the book ''Die Morphophonologie des Galab-Verbs'', and became professor in 1977. In 1987, he became chair of general and comparative linguistics at the [[University of Cologne]]. Sasse retired in the winter semester 2008/2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/11407.html |title=Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Sasse|publisher=University of Cologne}}</ref>

Sasse was cofounder of the "Documentation of Endangered Languages" (DOBES) initiative of the [[Volkswagen Foundation]]. In 2001, he was elected a full member of the North Rhine Westphalia Academy of Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awk.nrw.de/akademie/klassen/geisteswissenschaften/ordentliche-mitglieder/sasse-hans-juergen.html |title=Klasse für Geisteswissenschaften - Professor Dr. phil., em. Hans-Jürgen Sasse |publisher=North Rhine Westphalia Academy of Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114065434/http://www.awk.nrw.de/akademie/klassen/geisteswissenschaften/ordentliche-mitglieder/sasse-hans-juergen.html|archivedate=2014-01-14}}</ref> His obituary cites him as a "pioneer of modern language documentation, [and] master in language documentation and linguistic theory".<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Evans|first1=Nicholas|last2=Himmelmann|first2=Nikolaus P.|last3=Matić|first3=Dejan|date=2015|title=A life of polysynthesis: Hans-Jürgen Sasse (1943–2015)|url=https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lity.2015.19.issue-2/lingty-2015-0010/lingty-2015-0010.xml|journal=Linguistic Typology|volume=19|issue=2|pages=327–335|doi=10.1515/lingty-2015-0010|s2cid=126236676 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Sasse was cofounder of the "Documentation of Endangered Languages" (DOBES) initiative of the [[Volkswagen Foundation]]. In 2001, he was elected a full member of the [[North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awk.nrw.de/akademie/klassen/geisteswissenschaften/ordentliche-mitglieder/sasse-hans-juergen.html |title=Klasse für Geisteswissenschaften - Professor Dr. phil., em. Hans-Jürgen Sasse |publisher=North Rhine Westphalia Academy of Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114065434/http://www.awk.nrw.de/akademie/klassen/geisteswissenschaften/ordentliche-mitglieder/sasse-hans-juergen.html|archivedate=2014-01-14}}</ref> His obituary cites him as a "pioneer of modern language documentation, [and] master in language documentation and linguistic theory".<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Evans|first1=Nicholas|last2=Himmelmann|first2=Nikolaus P.|last3=Matić|first3=Dejan|date=2015|title=A life of polysynthesis: Hans-Jürgen Sasse (1943–2015)|url=https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lity.2015.19.issue-2/lingty-2015-0010/lingty-2015-0010.xml|journal=Linguistic Typology|volume=19|issue=2|pages=327–335|doi=10.1515/lingty-2015-0010|s2cid=126236676 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

== Achievements == == Achievements ==