Carl Johan Sverdrup Marstrander (1883-1965) was a Norwegian linguist, known for his work on the Irish language.[1] His works, largely written in Norwegian, on the Celtic and Norse components in Norwegian culture, are considered important for modern Norway.[2]
Life
He was a student of Sophus Bugge and Alf Torp, and spent time in Ireland from 1907, studying on Great Blasket Island with Tomás Ó Criomhthain,[3][4] and then teaching at the School of Irish Learning in 1910. From 1913 to 1954 he was Professor in Celtic languages at the University of Oslo.[1] During the German occupation of Norway he was jailed several times.[5] He influenced later linguists, including Alf Sommerfelt and Carl H. J. Borgstrøm.[6]
Scholarly work
In 1913 he began the actual publication of the long-projected historical Dictionary of the Irish Language.[7] He is also known for his writings on the history of the Isle of Man, [8] and for securing support and recognition for the Manx historian J. J. Kneen.[9] He made pioneering sound recordings of the Manx language, at a time when few fluent native speakers survived.[10][11]
He theorised a North Italian or Etruscan origin for the runes. This was, however, partly based on an artefact known now to have been faked.[12][13]
Notes
- ^ a b http://www.ub.uio.no/uhs/ombibl/sophus/utstilling/keltisk.html#cjsm
- ^ http://www.donhead.com/new_introductions_and_reviews/heritage_identity_introduction.htm
- ^ http://irishislands.info/blaskets.html
- ^ Diarmuid Ó Giolláin, Locating Irish Folklore: Tradition, Modernity, Identity (2000), pp. 125.
- ^ http://shapelessandconfusingmonstrosity.blogspot.com/2008/04/55-story-of-two-grammarians.html
- ^ Oskar Bandle, Kurt Braunmüller. The Nordic Languages: an international handbook of the history of the North Germanic languages (2002), p. 130.
- ^ http://www.dil.ie/about.asp
- ^ Professor Marstrander's contribution to Manx History
- ^ http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/people/antiqarn/jjkneen.htm
- ^ http://www.gov.im/mnh/heritage/museums/cregneashvillage.xml
- ^ http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/history/manks/mx1950.htm
- ^ http://www.english.uga.edu/~mathelie/mathiii1.html
- ^ http://www.runewebvitki.com/Rune%20Lore.htm
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