VOGT, Hans Kamstrup

VOGT, Hans Kamstrup. Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway 1.6.1903 — Oslo 25.9.1986. Norwegian Linguist. Professor in Oslo. Son of Nils Anton Vogt (1867–1941), a medical officer, and Jenny Sofie Kamstrup. Grew up in Fredrikstad, finally educated at Lycée Corneille in Rouen, studies at the universities of Oslo (1921-28) and Paris (1924-25). Graduated in classics at Oslo in 1928, also studied Sanskrit. In 1929 studied Armenian in Paris (Meillet), in 1932 a year Georgian and Kartvelian linguistics in Tbilisi. Worked as teacher in Oslo. Ph.D. 1936 Oslo. In 1937-38 further studies of linguistics at Yale under E. Sapir, also field-work on Kalispel Indians in Washington. Then worked again in Oslo, from 1940 taught linguistics at university.. In 1946-63 Professor of Romance Lin­guistics at Oslo, in 1963 succeeded A. Sommerfelt as Professor of General Linguistics, retired 1973. Hon.dr. Tbilisi. Married 1940 Johanne (Jo) Abigael Allwood, née Koren (1917–1977), apparently no children.

Vogt was a famous specialist of Caucasian and Armenian languages, who also wrote on Ossetic, Basque and Burushaski, on Norwegian phonology and on Amerindian languages.

Publications: Diss. “Esquisse d’une grammaire du géorgien moderne”, Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap 9, 1936 5-114, rev. ed. Grammaire de la langue géorgienne. 278 p. Oslo 1972.

– On Amerindian: The Kalispel Language. An Outline of grammar with texts, translations, and a dictionary. 178 p. Oslo 1940; Salishan Studies. Comparative Notes on Kalispel, Spokan, Colville, and Coeur D’Alene. 19 p. Oslo 1940.

– With G. Morgenstierne & C. Hj. Borgstrøm: “A Triplet of Burushaski Studies”, NTS 13, 1942, 59-147; alone: “The plural of nouns and adjectives in Burushaski”, NTS 13, 1945, 96-129.

– Dictionaire de la langue oubykh. 264 p. Oslo 1963.

– Numerous articles.

Sources: K. Bergsland, Intern. Journal of American Linguistics 55, 1989, 83-85; Fr. Thordarson, Norsk Biobr. Lex. online 2009 with photo and *Lex. Gramm. 1996, 979f.; *bibliography in NTS 27, 1973, 93-97; briefly in Wikipedia.

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