STANG, Christian Schweigaard. Christiania (Oslo) 15.3.1900 — Kirkenes 2.7.1977.
Notwegian IE and Blato-Slavic Linguist. Professor in Oslo. Son of lawyer, politician and academic Fredrik Stang (1867–1941) and Caroline Schweigaard (1871–1900). Studied Germanistics and Classics at Oslo (also Sanskrit under Konow and Church Slavonian) and 1920-21 Paris (Meillet). In 1924-25 fieldwork in Lithuania. M.A. 1927 in IE Linguistics. Ph.D. 1929 (diss. on Lithuanian). From 1930 Associate Professor at Oslo, from 1938 ord. Professor of Slavic Philology, retired 1970. Unmarried.
Publications: Much on Balto-Slavis, e.g. Vergleichende Grammatik der baltischen Sprachen. Oslo 1966, Registerband with additions and correcrions 1975.
– Articles also on IE, e.g. “Indoeuropäische Adverbia auf per-, pr.”, Norsk Tidskrift for Sprogvid. 31, 1977, 1-16.
– Opuscula linguistica. Ausgewählte Aufsätze und Abhandlungen. Oslo 1970.
Sources: E. Hovdhaugen, Norsk biogr. lex. 9, 2004 with photo (online); F.O. Lindeman, Norsk Tidskrift for Sprogvid. 31, 1977, 169-171 with photo Wikipedia with photo (more in Norwegian version).
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