Ferdinand Justi
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Ferdinand Justi was a German linguist and Orientalist
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He finished his studies of linguistics at the University of Marburg and the University of Göttingen. In 1861 he habilitated in Marburg, where in 1865 he became associate and in 1869 full professor of comparative linguistics and Germanic philology
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In addition to his academic work, he studied with meticulous precision the life of the Hessian peasants in the last third of the 19 Century, especially in the immediate and wider area of Marburg, on which he wrote his observations and described it in countless sketches and watercolors. One of his main themes included buildings, furniture, agricultural implements, and especially costumes, with all its subtleties and accessories.
Oriental studies
Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies...
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He finished his studies of linguistics at the University of Marburg and the University of Göttingen. In 1861 he habilitated in Marburg, where in 1865 he became associate and in 1869 full professor of comparative linguistics and Germanic philology
Germanic philology
Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages particularly from a comparative or historical perspective.The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary texts in the earlier phases of the languages. Early...
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In addition to his academic work, he studied with meticulous precision the life of the Hessian peasants in the last third of the 19 Century, especially in the immediate and wider area of Marburg, on which he wrote his observations and described it in countless sketches and watercolors. One of his main themes included buildings, furniture, agricultural implements, and especially costumes, with all its subtleties and accessories.
Works
- Handbuch der ZendspracheAvestan languageAvestan is an East Iranian language known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture, i.e. the Avesta, from which it derives its name...
. Leipzig 1864 - Dictionnaire kurde-francaise. Petersburg 1879
- Geschichte des alten Persiens. Berlin 1879
- Kurdische Grammatik. Sankt Petersburg 1880
- Geschichte der orientalischen Völker im Altertum. Berlin 1884
- Iranisches Namenbuch. Marburg 1884
- Hessisches Trachtenbuch. Marburg 1899 - 1905