User:Babbage
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I have been here since 2003, but I cultivate beginner’s mind.
I have a PhD in Linguistics but… well, I only publish on Wikipedia.
Julius Platzmann
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Most of my work for the past several years has been related to a quirky 19th century German named Julius Platzmann. In the process of working on that article (all me, so far) I have reached out into many scholars of language, languages, and related figures in the history of linguistics and documentation.
A couple related projects:
Verzeichniss einer Auswahl Amerikanischer Grammatiken, Wörterbücher, Katechismen, u.s.w.
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This is Platzmann’s 1876 catalog of his collection of rare books, largely from South America. These primarily included grammars, dictionaries, and religious texts that describe the Indigenous languages of South America. Platzmann made the production of facsimiles of these books his life’s work.
I have not managed to persuade anyone on the German Wikisource to double-check my transcription — any suggestions about how to make that happen would be welcome. I have two more (longer, posthumous) catalogs of Platzmann’s collection that I hope to digitize soon.
Vectorization of map of Paranaguá Bay
[edit]In collaboration with the excellent graphic artist Goran tek-en, we digitized Platzmann’s 19th century map of the Paranaguá Bay, where he lived for several years as a botanical illustrator:
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It’s an amazing piece of work, and I’m very grateful to Goran tek-en.
Related work
[edit]I have lots going on that I have either started or plan to start:
Random detours
[edit]Don’t ask: