Norbert Cyffer Explained

Norbert Cyffer
Birth Date:16 May 1943
Birth Place:Dortmund, Germany
Nationality:German
Occupation:Linguist
Alma Mater:University of Hamburg
Workplaces:University of Vienna
Main Interests:Saharan languages

Norbert Cyffer (born 16 May 1943 in Dortmund, Germany) is a German-Austrian linguist and Professor Emeritus of African Studies at the University of Vienna.[1] [2] Cyffer is primarily interested in African languages and linguistics, particularly the Saharan languages of the Sahelian region. His research areas include morphology, syntax, language contact, sociolinguistics, typology, and applied linguistics.

Education

Cyffer studied from 1965 to 1973 at the University of Hamburg, where he focused on African studies, general linguistics, and ethnology. Over the course of two years, he performed two field trips in northeastern Nigeria to collect data for his dissertation.[3] In 1974, he obtained his doctorate upon completing his dissertation on Kanuri syntax.[4]

Career

From 1974 to 1981, Cyffer taught and performed research at Ahmadu Bello University (Zaria and Kano) and the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria.[5]

After teaching and research in Nigeria, he worked as a professor at the University of Mainz in 1982.[6] In 1994, he was appointed full professor at the University of Vienna, where he worked until retiring in 2011.[7] Cyffer has been President of the Austrian-Nigerian Friendship Society since 2012.[8]

Cyffer has been a visiting professor at the University of Nice, University of Prague, and University of Maiduguri over the past few decades.

Honors and awards

Norbert Cyffer was given the traditional title of Shettima in 2004 by the Shehu of Borno (the traditional leader of the Emirate of Borno).[9] In 2013 he received the Educational Cooperation Award from the government of Nigeria.[10]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: emer. o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Norbert Cyffer . Universität Wien . 2020-02-29 . 2020-04-28.
  2. Web site: Team University of Vienna . Universität Wien . 2020-04-28.
  3. Web site: Norbert Cyffer . 35 Jahre Forschung in Nigeria – und immer noch kein Ende. J. Ahamer & G. Lechleitner (eds.), Um-Feld-Forschung. Erfahrungen, Erlebnisse, Ergebnisse. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 267-281.. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften . 2007 . 2020-04-28.
  4. Cyffer, Norbert. 1974. Syntax des Kanuri: Dialekt von Yerwa (Maiduguri). Hamburg: H. Buske.
  5. Web site: Norbert Cyffer . 35 Jahre Forschung in Nigeria – und immer noch kein Ende. J. Ahamer & G. Lechleitner (eds.), Um-Feld-Forschung. Erfahrungen, Erlebnisse, Ergebnisse. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 267-281.. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften . 2007 . 2020-04-28.
  6. Web site: Geschichte der Afrikanistik am Institut . Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz . 2018-05-29 . 2020-04-26.
  7. Web site: Jahresbericht 2011. Institut für Afrikawissenschaften . Universität Wien. 2020-04-28.
  8. Web site: Vorstand . Österreichisch-Nigerianische Freundschaftsgesellschaft (ÖNFG). Institut für Afrikawissenschaften Universität Wien. 2020-04-26.
  9. Web site: Bericht 2005 . Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität Wien . 2005 . 2020-05-04.
  10. Web site: Gala/Award and Certificate Presentation Night . Nigerian Embassy Vienna . 2013-07-09 . 2020-05-04.

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