Gunnar Bech Explained

Gunnar Bech (March 23, 1920 in Græse, Frederikssund Municipality  - January 17, 1981 in Copenhagen)^[1] was a Danish linguist. His magnum opus was Studies on the German Verbum Infinitum (Bech 1955/1957, reprinted 1983). It is perhaps the most widely cited single work on the German verb.

Partial list of written works

• • Zur Syntax des tschechischen Konjunktivs. Kopenhagen 1951, at the same time: Phil. Diss. (Dissertation writing)
• Das germanische reduplizierte Präteritum (Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Historisk-filosofiske Meddelelser 44, no. 1, p. 1–54), Munksgaard København, 1969.

References

1. Christoph König; Birgit Wägenbaur (eds.): Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800-1950. Vol. 1, Walter de Gruyter, 2003,, p. 107