Schwan E
NAME: Schwan, Edouard
ACHIEVEMENT(S): Dialectology.
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DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH: active at end 19th century in Jena, Germany
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DISCIPLINE: Philologist
FIELD: Philology and dialectology
LANGUAGE: German and French
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LIFE AND TIMES: Schwan wrote an important Old French grammar at the end of the 19th century, and collaborated on the development of a photometer with the physicist <collaborated with> Pringsheim* in order to carry out phonometric analysis of the French accent .
ASSESSMENT: He had little effect on the development of phonetics or dialect study.
ONELINER: Edouard Schwan, 19th century dialectologist
EXTRA CONNECTIONS: None
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