Holger Pedersen (April 7, 1867 - October 25, 1953) was a Danishlinguist who made significant contributions to language science and wrote about 30 authoritative works concerning several languages. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ...
Among students of the Celtic languages he is best known for his Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (1909; ISBN 3-525-26119-5), which is still regarded as the major reference work of Celtic historical linguistics. The Celtic languages are the languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, spoken by ancient and modern Celts alike. ... Historical linguistics (also diachronic linguistics or comparative linguistics) is primarily the study of the ways in which languages change over time, by means of examining languages which are recognizably related through similarities such as vocabulary, word formation, and syntax, as well as the surviving records of ancient languages. ...
Holger Pedersen received his doctorate in 1897 at the University of Copenhagen and stayed as a professor. 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen (Danish: Københavns Universitet) is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...
He was born in Gelballe and died in Copenhagen, Denmark. Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ...
HolgerPedersen [hʌlg̊ɐ ˈpʰeð̪ˀɐsn̩] was a Danish linguist who made significant contributions to language science and wrote about 30 authoritative works concerning several languages.
Pedersen received his doctorate in 1897 from the University of Copenhagen and stayed on there as a professor.
Pedersen therefore proposed that the three stop series of Indo-European, p t k, bh dh gh, and b d g, had at an earlier time been b d g, ph th kh, and (p) t k, with the voiceless and voiced non-aspirates reversed.
Historical linguistics (or comparative linguistics) is primarily the study of languages which are recognizably related through similarities such as vocabulary, word formation, and syntax.
The comparative method allows us to distinguish true linguistic descent (that is, the passing of a language from parents to children, down through the generations) from accidental resemblance due to cultural contact.
For example, the majority of the vocabulary of Persian (Farsi) is taken from Arabic, as a result of the Arab conquest of Iran in the 8th century and much subsequent cultural contact.
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