About Otto Behaghel
Lived 1854 – 1936 (aged 82). Otto Behaghel was a German and Swiss linguist, university teacher, germanist and philologist.
Otto Behaghel (; May 3, 1854 in Karlsruhe – October 9, 1936 in Munich) was a Germanist and professor in Heidelberg, Basel, and Gießen.
He added theoretical contributions to the German and Middle High German language via philology and more. He formulated Behaghel's laws that describe the principles that govern word positions in a sentence. His work is still important in Theme and rheme research.
Works Geschichte der deutschen Sprache (1891) Heliand und Genesis (1903) Deutsche Syntax, 3 volumes (1923–1928)
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Who was Otto Behaghel?
German academic (1854–1936)
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Otto Behaghel was born on 3 May 1854 in Karlsruhe.
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Otto Behaghel died on 9 October 1936 in Munich.
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Otto Behaghel was a linguist, university teacher, germanist and philologist.
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Otto Behaghel was German and Swiss.
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