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Simon Heinrich Adolf Herling

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Simon Heinrich Adolf Herling (13 October 1780 in Detmold – 1 April 1849 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German philologist and grammarian known for his scholastic treatment of German syntax.

From 1801 to 1804, he studied theology at the University of Göttingen, afterwards spending several years as a private tutor in Frankfurt am Main. From 1809 to 1849, he worked as an instructor at the gymnasium in Frankfurt, and in the meantime served as a professor of classical languages at the Frankfurt Lyceum (1811–14). He was a founding member (1817) and president of the Frankfurtischen Gelehrtenvereins für Deutsche Sprache.

Works

Along with philologist Karl Ferdinand Becker, Herling is considered to be a primary representative of the so-called school of "rational grammar" in Germany. His principal writings are:

  • Uber die Topik der deutschen Sprache, 1821 – The topic of German language.
  • Die Syntax der deutschen Sprache, 1827 – German language syntax.
  • Erster cursus eines wissenschaftlichen unterrichts in der deutschen Sprache für Deutsche, 1828.
  • Theoretisch-praktisches lehrbuch der stylistik für obere classen höherer schulanstalten, 1837 – Textbook of stylistics.
  • Vergleichende Darstellung der Lehre vom Tempus und Modus, 1840 – Comparative studies on the doctrines of tense and mode.

    • Herling was also the author of several treatises with mathematical and theological themes.

    References

    Simon Heinrich Adolf Herling Wikipedia
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