Jacob Wackernagel
Jacob Wackernagel | |
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Wackernagel in 1890 | |
| Born | 11 December 1853 Basel, Switzerland |
| Died | 22 May 1938 (aged 84) Basel, Switzerland |
| Occupation | linguist |
| Notable work | Altindische Grammatik, Lectures on Syntax |
| Father | Wilhelm Wackernagel |
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Jacob Wackernagel (Swiss Standard German: [ˈvakərˌnaːɡl̩]; 11 December 1853 – 22 May 1938) was a Swiss linguist, Indo-Europeanist and scholar of Sanskrit. He was born in Basel, son of the philologist Wilhelm Wackernagel (1806–1869).