Hermann Paul

<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2>
<p>He studied at <a href="/facts/Humboldt_University_of_Berlin/QE2lhhkd">Berlin</a> and <a href="/facts/University_of_Leipzig/r0Tw6Ebt">Leipzig</a>, and in 1874 became professor of <a href="/facts/German_language/oWaQIDA8">German language</a> and <a href="/facts/German_literature/o8LMuI4U">literature</a> in the <a href="/facts/University_of_Freiburg/38naUTYA">University of Freiburg</a>. In 1893 he was appointed professor of German <a href="/facts/Philology/5u0xzd5g">philology</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Munich/eJtBcjAE">University of Munich</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> He was a prominent <a href="/facts/Neogrammarian/ukLnXQAl">Neogrammarian</a>.
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<h2 id="works">Works</h2>
<p>His main work, <i>Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte</i> (Halle: Max Niemeyer, 1st ed. 1880; 3d ed. 1898), has been translated into English:
Paul, Hermann 1970. <i>Principles of the History of Language</i>, translated from 2nd edition by H. A. Strong (1888; retranslated with changes by Strong, Logeman, and Wheeler in 1891<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>). College Park: McGroth Publishing Company, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-8434-0114-1.
</p><p>According to Paul, sentences are the sum of their parts. They arise sequentially from individual associations, linked together in a linear form (1886. See also, Blumenthal, 1970). <a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Wundt/hcUsPDoA">Wilhelm Wundt</a> opposed this theory of sentences, arguing that they begin as a simultaneous thought that is converted into linear, sequential parts (1900).
</p><p>Other works:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<ul><li><i>Gab es eine mittelhochdeutsche Schriftsprache?</i> (“Was there a middle high German written language?,” 1873)</li>
<li><i>Zur Lautverschiebung</i> (“Vowel shifting,” 1874)</li>
<li><i>Kritische Beiträge zu den Minnesingern</i> (“Critical contributions on the <a href="/facts/Minnesingers/4T5hQ93m">Minnesingers</a>,” 1876)</li>
<li><i>Zur Nibelungenfrage</i> (“On the <a href="/facts/Nibelungen/52VEWwzm">Nibelungen</a> question,” 1877)</li>
<li><i>Mittelhochdeutsche Grammatik</i> (“Middle high German grammar,” 1881; 25th edition, 2007)</li>
<li><i>Grundriss der germanischen Philologie</i>, editor (“Outline of German philology,” 1891-93)</li>
<li><i>Aufgabe und Methode der Geschichtswissenschaften</i> (“Function and method of sciences of history,” 1920, E-Book: Berlin 2014, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-3-944253-03-9</li></ul>
<p>After 1874 Paul and <a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Braune/xzvzztqj">Wilhelm Braune</a> edited the <i><a href="/facts/Beitr%25C3%25A4ge_zur_Geschichte_der_deutschen_Sprache_und_Literatur/XAv8dxeV">Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur</a></i> (“Contributions to the history of the German language and its literature”).
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<h2 id="disambiguation">Disambiguation</h2>
<p>This Hermann Paul is not to be confused with 
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Herman_Daniel_Paul/CRt62Mj8">Herman Daniel Paul</a> (1827–1885), who emigrated from Germany to Finland, where he worked as a language teacher and music reviewer.  He published a translation of the Finnish national epic <a href="/facts/Kalevala/NanH6D3y">Kalevala</a> in 1885 (G. W. Edlund's publishing house, Helsingfors).</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/P%25C3%25A1l_Hermann/Jw00JNEY">Hermann Paul</a> (1902–1944), who was a Hungarian musician.</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28creator%3A%22Hermann+Paul%22%29">Works by or about Hermann Paul</a> at the <a href="/facts/Internet_Archive/PHStU8Lo">Internet Archive</a></li>
<li><a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%22Principles%20of%20the%20History%20of%20Language%22"><i>Principles of the History of Language</i></a>, English translation of the second edition by <a href="/facts/Herbert_Strong_(philologist)/2yUFWf8Y">Herbert Strong</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219140118/http://www.buecherquelle.com/paulh/prinzip/paulvorr.htm">Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte</a>, German original of Hermann Paul's main book <i>Principles of the History of Language</i></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061124071628/http://ed268.univ-paris3.fr/lpp/pages/EQUIPE/michaud/ressources/HermannPaul1909_PrincipesdelHistoiredesLangues_extraits.pdf">A partial French translation of Hermann Paul's main book</a>, <i>Principles of the History of Language</i></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Reis, Marga (1978). "Hermann Paul". Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur (PBB) (in German). 1978 (100). doi:10.1515/bgsl.1978.1978.100.159. S2CID 201828354. <a href="/wiki/Marga_Reis" target="_blank">/wiki/Marga_Reis</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Paul, Hermann" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Coit_Gilman" target="_blank">/wiki/Daniel_Coit_Gilman</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Paul, Hermann" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Coit_Gilman" target="_blank">/wiki/Daniel_Coit_Gilman</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Paul, Hermann" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Coit_Gilman" target="_blank">/wiki/Daniel_Coit_Gilman</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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