The giant of words - Eric Partt Hamp (November 16, 1920 – February 17, 2019)

Shkelqim Millaku

Shkelqim Millaku University of Prizren, Faculty of Philology

Keywords: Eric Hamp, linguistics, word, Albanian language

Abstract

It is my great pleasure to offer this small piece in recognition of the fine scholarship through which Eric Hamp has contributed to our language, linguistics and culture.

In this contribution honoring Eric P. Hamp, I shall examine end description his contribution for linguistics. The topic of my paper is to examine some facts about Albanian and some Slavic or Romani languages.

References

Among the more than 3500 articles, reviews and other works Eric Hamp produced, some notable ones are:
• Hamp, Eric P., Martin Joos, Fred W. Householder, and Robert Austerlitz, editors Readings in Linguistics I & II. With a new Preface by Eric Hamp. Abridged edition. 302 p. 8½ × 11 1957, 1966, 1995
• Hamp, Eric P. "Mabinogi." Transactions of the Honourable Society of the Cymmrodorion . 1974–75. 243-49.
• Hamp, Eric. 1979. "Toward the history of Slavic scholarship," Slovene Studies 1/2: 61–62.
• Hamp, Eric. 1988. "Indo-European o-grade deverbal thematics in Slovene," Slovene Studies 10/1: 65–70
• Hamp, Eric. 1989. "On the survival of Slovene o-grade deverbal thematics in Resian," Slovene Studies 10/2: 171–173.
• Hamp, Eric. 1989. "Chronological marriage patterns in Resia," Slovene Studies 10/2: 201–202.
• Hamp, Eric. 1996. "On the Indo-European origins of the retroflexes in Sanskrit." The Journal of the American Oriental Society, October 21, 1996: 719–724.
• Hamp, Eric. 1999. "Mabinogi and Archaism" Celtica 23, 1999: 96–110.
• Hamp, Eric. 2007. Studime krahasuese për shqipen (Comparative studies on Albanian) edited by Rexhep Ismajli, Akademia e Shkencave dhe e Arteve e Kosovës, Prishtinë.