Home > People > Faculty : Anatoly Liberman
Specialties
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folklore
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general linguistics
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Germanic philology
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historical phonology and the origin of words
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languages and literature of the Middle Ages
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Scandinavian mythology
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poetic translation
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literary criticism
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etymology
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creative witing
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Russian literature
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English literature
Publications
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A Bibliography of English Etymology. Liberman, Anatoly, University of Minnesota Press, Author, 2010.
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An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction . Liberman, Anatoly, University of Minnesota Press, Author, 2008.
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Etymology for Everyone: Word Origins… and How We Know Them. Liberman, Anatoly, Oxford University Press, Author, 2005.
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N. S. Trubetzkoy, Studies in General Linguistics and Language Structure. Liberman, Anatoly, Marvin Taylor, Duke University Press, 2001.
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Word Health. Liberman, Anatoly, Il Calamo (Rome), 1994.
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On the Heights of Creation: The Lyrics of Fedor Tyutchev. Liberman, Anatoly, JAI Press, 1993.
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N.S. Trubetzkoy, The Legacy of Genghis Khan and Other Essays on Russian Identity. Liberman, Anatoly, University of Michigan, 1991.
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N. S. Trubetzkoy, Writings on Literature. Liberman, Anatoly, University of Minnesota Press, 1990.
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Stefan Einarsson, Studies in Germanic Philology. Liberman, Anatoly, Helmut Buske (Hamburg), 1986.
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Vladimir Propp, Theory and History of Folklore. Liberman, Anatoly, University of Minnesota Press, 1984.
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Mikhail Lermontov, Major Poetical Works. Liberman, Anatoly, University of Minnesota Press, 1983.
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Germanic Accentology, Volume I. Liberman, Anatoly, University of Minnesota Press, 1982.
Research Activities
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Reviewing contemporary Russian books for literary journals: permanent reviewer of The New Review (New York) and an occasional contributor to other literary journals in the US, Germany, and the former Soviet Union, 1987 - present
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Translation of the main works of the Golden Age of Russian poetry: Lermontov, Tyutchev, and Boratynsky, 1975 - present
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Historical phonetics: the prosody and the phonemic makeup of all the Germanic languages over the centuries, 1962 - present
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Editions of classics in philology: annotated translations and evaluating the contributions in books by and on V. Ia. Propp, N.S. Trubetzkoy, Stefan Einarsson, and M.I. Steblin-Kamenskij, 1980 - present
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A new etymological dictionary of English: production of an exhaustsive bibliography of books and articles in all languages dealing with the origin of English words and writing a dictionary reflecting this scholarship, 1988 - present
Professional Activities
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Reviewer: The New Review, New York , 1997 - present
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Editorial Board Member: five international linguistic and literary journals , 1990 - present
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Executive Board Member: Dictionary Society of North America , 2001 - 2003
Outreach Activities
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Interviews: BBC, Voice of America, Chicago Tribune, Star Tribune, The History Channel and Culture, a television station broadcasting from St. Petersburg, Russia
Awards
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Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Teaching, 2011
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MLA Prize for a Distinguished Bibliography, 2011
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American Council of Learned Societies, 2001 - 2002
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Fesler-Lampert Professorship in the Humanities, 1999 - 2002
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An international festschift GERMANIC STUDIES IN HONOR OF ANATOLY LIBERMAN, 1997
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VERBATIM-Dictionary Society of North America award for the best project of the year, 1996
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Bush Fellowship, Fall 1995 - Spring 1996
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NEH Summer Scholarship, 1995
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McKnight Research Award, 1994 - 1996
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Fulbright Scholar Award, 1988
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College of Liberal Arts Scholars of the College, University of Minnesota, 1986
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Numerous feature articles inside and outside of the Twin Cities area
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Prize for the best book in Folklore, 1985
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Fellowship at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, Fall 1984
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Guggenheim Fellowship, Fall 1982 - Spring 1983
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Two NEH Summer Seminars, 1980 and 1991
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American-Scandinavian Foundation Scholarship for study in Iceland, Summer 1979
Courses Taught
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Old Saxon
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Old High German
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Middle Dutch
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Honors Course: The Origin of English Words
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German Folklore
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Freshman Seminar: Great Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
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Scandinavian Myths
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The History of the German Language
Alternative Output Formats
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