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Alf Torp was a Norwegian linguist and lexicographer who specialized in Indo-European and Nordic language history. He was a professor of Sanskrit and comparative linguistics at the University of Kristiania from 1894 and worked on ancient and extinct languages as well as Scandinavian etymology. With Hjalmar Falk, he co-authored Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog, published in two volumes from 1903 to 1906, and he later wrote Nynorsk etymologisk ordbok.
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Who was Alf Torp?
Alf Torp was a Norwegian linguist and lexicographer who specialized in Indo-European and Nordic language history. His work also covered ancient and extinct languages.
Where did Alf Torp teach?
He was a professor of Sanskrit and comparative linguistics at the University of Kristiania from 1894. Kristiania was the historical name of Oslo during that period.
What subjects did Alf Torp research?
Torp studied Sanskrit, comparative linguistics, Indo-European language history, and Nordic languages. His lexicographic work connected vocabulary with wider historical language change.
Was Alf Torp only a dictionary writer?
No, he was also an academic linguist and professor. His research combined dictionary work with the historical comparison of languages and the study of older language forms.
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