Jost Trier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German linguist and germanist
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Place of Birth: Schlitz, Hesse, Germany
About Jost Trier
- Jost Trier (15 December 1894 in Schlitz, Hesse – 15 September 1970 in Bad Salzuflen) was a German Germanic linguist and Medievalist. Since 1932, Jost Trier taught as a professor at Münster University where he developed the lexical field theory.
- From 1933, Trier was a member of the Nazi party (NSDAP).
- He viewed German philology in the terms of Nazi ideology ("Volkskörper", "Volksgemeinschaft").
- This, however, proved no obstacle to a post-war career in Western Germany.
- In 1968 Trier was awarded the prestigious Konrad-Duden-Preis.
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