Education:    

University of Bonn (1974-81) [subjects: General Linguistics, Indo-European Linguistics, Oriental Languages, Germanic Language]
Dipl. Arabic (1976) University of Bonn
PhD (1981) in General Linguistics (University of Bonn) [Thesis: Die Sprache der Uden in Nord-Azerbaidschan]
Habilitation (1989/91) in Comparative/General Linguistics [Thesis: Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der süd-ostkaukasischen (lezgischen) Grundsprache]

Professional Experience:

1981-82    Assistant professor [project: Sprachwissenschaftliches Wörterbuch (J. Knobloch), U Bonn]
1982-84    Assistant professor [project: Kumulierte Wortdatenbank des Deutschen (W. Lenders), U Bonn]
1982-92    Lecturer [General Linguistics], U Bonn, U Koblenz-Landau, Collège de France (Paris)
1984-87    Habilitation stipendiary [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft]  
1988-92    Lecturer (Maître de conférence (DAAD) at the Collège de France, Paris)
1992-        Professor of General Linguistics, University of Munich

Funded projects:

1979-81    PhD grant [University of Bonn]
1984-87    Habiliation grant [German Science Foundation]
2003-07    [with Jost Gippert, U Frankfort] Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests [VW-Foundation]
2011-14    [with Jost Gippert, U Frankfort] Documentation of Khinalug [VW-Foundation]
2012-16    Minorities of Armenia [VW-Foundation]    

 

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