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the three former in editing texts or dealing with the history of the language,
the last also as a linguistic philosopher. E. Wadstein and Hj. Psilander (born
1869) are noteworthy as scientific authors in the department of German philology.
Comparative philology has nowadays a number of successful students in
Sweden, as E. Tegnér, the Younger, one of the discoverers of the palatal law of the
Aryan languages, 0. A. Danielsson (born 1852), who has published remarkable
researches in the Greek and Italic languages, and who is, at present, occupied with
the edition of the "Corpus inscriptionum etruscarum"; K. F. Johansson (born
1860), who has been active in a great many branches of his science; P. Persson
(born 1857), the recent editor of a great work, which will, no doubt, be of
fundamental importance to the principles of etymological enquiry: "Beiträge zur
indogermanischen Wortforschung "(Contributions to Indo-Germanic Etymology),
"Studien zur Lehre von der Wurzelerweiterung und Wurzelvariation" (Studies on
the theory of root-extension and root-variation); and E. Lidén (born 1862), famous
for his insrestigations in etymology and who has, in recent years, published a
series of important works on Armenian grammar.
In the department of Oriental languages, the following deserve to be
mentioned: K. J. Tornberg (1807—77), celebrated as an Arabian numismatist, and
as the editor of important original Arabic texts; O. E. Tullberg (1802 — 53;
Syrian manuscripts), E. Tegnér, the Younger, (comparative phonology); H. N.
Almkvist (1839—1904; Hamitic languages, rabbinic literature, and vulgar Arabic);
and C. Landberg (born 1848; Arabic manuscripts and modern dialects). K. V.
Zetterstéen (born 1866; Arabic and Nubian); C. ^4. Moberg (born 1872; Syrian)
and P. A. Leander (born 1872; linguistic hebraist). A prominent egyptologist was
E. Piehl (1853—1904), the founder of the periodical called "Sphinx".
Finno-Ugrian philology possesses in K. B. Wiklund (born 1868) a versatile and
distinguished scholar.
Classical studies have mainly taken a practical pedagogic direction. Of
those engaged in real research who have attained to any greater significance,
there have consequently been but few until recent times. Among these are
to be noticed Kr. Cavallin (1831—90), Latin lexicographer, textual critic, C. M.
Zander (born 1845), Latin textual critic, metrist, and O. A. Danielsson (born 1852),
who has worked in most branches of Greek philology. During the last decade,
classical philology has had reason to congratulate itself on a remarkable advance.
A long line of young students of merit have come forward and left weighty
contributions to the knowledge of classical cultivation and the classical languages.
The following Latin philologists may be mentioned here: — K. J. V. Lundström
(born 1869), editor of texts and founder and editor of the "Eranos", the only
review of classical philology in Sweden; Ii. Sjögren (born 1870), editor of texts
and writer on syntax; C. O. Thulin (born 1871), editor of texts and an expert
in Etruscan culture; A. TV. Ahlberg (born 1874), prosody and texts; and H. E.
H. Löf stedt (born 1880), expert in Low Latin. Prominent among Greek
philologists are: S. K. A. Wide (born 1861), an expert in Greek civilization before
the classical era; C. O. Lagercrantz (born 1868), comparative philologist and
papyrologist; C. Lindskog (born 1870), editor of texts; N. M. P:son Nilsson
(born 1874), historian of religion; E. Nachmanson (born 1877), expert in Greek
inscriptions; and G. Rudberg (born 1880), palaeographer and textual scholar.
Romance philology, since the beginning of the eighties, claims successful and
noted students in Sweden, essentially pupils of the French school and
especially of Gaston Paris. It is principally Old French that the Swedish Romanists
have worked upon, but their activity has by no means been limited to this subject.
V. E. Lidforss (1833—1910) held a particular position in long ago having
been eminent for distinguished studies in Spanish. He also published excellent
works on Italian philology.
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