Eduard Sievers
Was a philologist of the classical and Germanic languages. Sievers was one of the Junggrammatiker of the so-called "Leipzig School". He was one of the most influential historical linguists of the late nineteenth century, and is best known for his recovery of the poetic traditions of Germanic languages such as Anglo-Saxon and Old Saxon.
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Rhythmisch-melodische Studien
Eduard Sievers
Stefan Rieger (ed)
sdvig press -
2014
Die Rhythmisch-melodischen Studien (1912) zählen zu den bedeutendsten Werken von Eduard Sievers. Eine besondere Wirkung hatten sie in Russland, wo sie russische Formalisten, wie Viktor Šklovskij, Osip Brik und Jurij Tynjanov, beeindruckten.
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