Jens Elmegård Rasmussen
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Jens Elmegård Rasmussen is associate professor of Indo-European Studies
and head of the Roots of Europe
research center at the University of Copenhagen
. He is an expert on Proto-Indo-European
and Indo-European languages
in general, especially morphophonemics, but he has also published articles on the history of Eskimo–Aleut languages and linguistic diachrony. He supports the Indo-Uralic and Eurasiatic hypotheses.
Elmegård Rasmussen is the leading editor of the international scholarly journal Tocharian and Indo-European Studies
(TIES) and chief editor of the book series Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European
. He is married to the Danish Indo-Europeanist Birgit Anette Olsen
.
Indo-European studies
Indo-European studies is a field of linguistics dealing with Indo-European languages, both current and extinct. Its goal is to amass information about the hypothetical proto-language from which all of these languages are descended, a language dubbed Proto-Indo-European , and its speakers, the...
and head of the Roots of Europe
Roots of Europe
Roots of Europe is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Copenhagen, focusing on prehistoric Europe...
research center at the University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...
. He is an expert on Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Indo-European language
The Proto-Indo-European language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, spoken by the Proto-Indo-Europeans...
and Indo-European languages
Indo-European languages
The Indo-European languages are a family of several hundred related languages and dialects, including most major current languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and South Asia and also historically predominant in Anatolia...
in general, especially morphophonemics, but he has also published articles on the history of Eskimo–Aleut languages and linguistic diachrony. He supports the Indo-Uralic and Eurasiatic hypotheses.
Elmegård Rasmussen is the leading editor of the international scholarly journal Tocharian and Indo-European Studies
Tocharian and Indo-European Studies
Tocharian and Indo-European Studies is a scholarly journal on Tocharian in the Indo-European context, established in 1987 by the Icelandic linguist Jörundur Hilmarsson...
(TIES) and chief editor of the book series Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European
Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European
Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European is an academic book series on Indo-European studies and related subjects.The series was founded in 1999 and is published by Museum Tusculanum Press. Its chief editor is Jens Elmegård Rasmussen.-Volumes:...
. He is married to the Danish Indo-Europeanist Birgit Anette Olsen
Birgit Anette Olsen
Birgit Anette Olsen is a Danish linguist, associate professor at the Roots of Europe research center at the University of Copenhagen. She is an expert on Proto-Indo-European and Indo-European languages in general, especially derivational morphology and the history of Armenian...
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Selected publications
- 1989, Studien zur Morphophonemik der Indogermanischen Grundsprache. Innsbruck: Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft.
- 1999, Selected Papers on Indo-European Linguistics. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press.