Rudolf Wachter (born 29 November 1954) is a

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linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

and

classical philologist Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek and Roman literature and their original languages, ...

. In 2007 he was elected member of the

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Life

Wachter studied classical philologie at the

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(lic. phil 1981, Dr. phil. 1987) and at the

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(D. Phil. 1991). Between 1991 and 1997 he worked as a lecturer at the

University of Basel The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis''; German: ''Universität Basel'') is a public research university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest univ ...

, where in 1996 he completed his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

. Between 1997 and 2020 he served as extraordinary professor of Greek and Latin linguistics with particular reference of their

Indo-European The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the northern Indian subcontinent, most of Europe, and the Iranian plateau with additional native branches found in regions such as Sri Lanka, the Maldives, parts of Central Asia (e. ...

heritage. Moreover, between 1990 and 2006 he worked as a lecturer (from 2006 as visiting professor) at the

University of Fribourg The University of Fribourg (; ) is a public university located in Fribourg, Switzerland. The roots of the university can be traced back to 1580, when the notable Jesuit Peter Canisius founded the Collège Saint-Michel in the City of Fribourg ...

; between 2006 and 2020, he was also associate professor of Indo-European historical linguistics at the

University of Lausanne The University of Lausanne (UNIL; ) in Lausanne, Switzerland, was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second-oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities ...

. In 2006, he became one of the founding members of the . His research focuses on Greek and Latin linguistics, philology, and

epigraphy Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...

, historical-comparative (Indo-European) linguistics as well as the history of the alphabet and of writing (especially in antiquity). He served as a consultant for the .

Publications (selection)

* ''Altlateinische Inschriften. Sprachliche und epigraphische Untersuchungen zu den Dokumenten bis etwa 150 v. Chr.'' Peter Lang, Bern 1987, ISBN 3-261-03722-9 (doctoral thesis). * ''Non-Attic Greek Vase Inscriptions.'' Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001, ISBN 0-19-814093-2 (habilitation thesis). * ''Pompejanische Wandinschriften,'' Latin–German. Edited and translated by Rudolf Wachter. Sammlung Tusculum, De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston 2019, ISBN 978-3-11-064943-7.

References

External links

Homepage

University of Basel website

publications on academia.edu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wachter, Rudolf 1954 births Swiss philologists Members of Academia Europaea Academic staff of the University of Lausanne Academic staff of the University of Basel Indo-Europeanists Classical philologists Living people