Harald Burger
Swiss-German linguist
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Harald Burger (born 1940 in Duisburg) is a Swiss-German linguist. He received his Ph.D. in 1964 at the University of Zurich. (His dissertation Belisarius: Edition und Versuch einer Deutung is a study about the baroque author Jacob Bidermann). In 1975 Burger was appointed full professor of Germanic philology.
Harald Burger | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940 (age 85–86) |
| Alma mater | University of Zurich |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Linguistics |
| Institutions | University of Zurich |
| Doctoral advisor | Max Wehrli |
| Doctoral students | Jürg Häusermann |
In 1990 Harald Burger was naturalized in Switzerland. In 2006 he became professor emeritus.
Works
- Mediensprache. Eine Einführung in Sprache und Kommunikationsformen der Massenmedien. 3rd edition. De Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-017353-0,
- Phraseologie. Eine Einführung am Beispiel des Deutschen. 4th edition. Erich Schmidt, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-503-12204-2.