State examination in English and French 1962–1965, Dr. phil. (Munich 1965), Habilitation (Freiburg 1970). Professor of English and Comparative Linguistics, Catholic University of Eichstätt from 1980, emeritus 2006. Declined appointments: Münster (1979), Würzburg (1988), Freiburg (1989).
Bammesberger was the author of more than 25 scholarly books and numerous essays on historical linguistics, with a focus on Indo-Germanic studies, Old German studies, English studies, and Baltic studies. From 1985 to 2015, Alfred Bammesberger was editor of the journal Historische Sprachforschung/Historical Linguistics and he was still co-editor of the journal Onomasiology Online (2022). He was an external member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences in Krakow.
Bammesberger died on 7 January 2025, at the age of 86.[1]
Works (selection)
Deverbative jan-Verba des Altenglischen - Munich, 1965
Abstraktbildungen in den baltischen Sprachen (= Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiet der indogermanischen Sprachen. Ergänzungshefte. 22). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1973, ISBN 3-525-26208-6 (Simultaneously abridged: Freiburg, university, Habilitations-Schrift, 1971).
Beiträge zu einem etymologischen Wörterbuch des Altenglischen [Contributions to an etymological Dictionary of the Old English language] - Heidelberg : Winter, 1979
Englische Sprachwissenschaft English Linguistics- Munich: Minerva-Publikation, 1981
An outline of modern Irish grammar - Heidelberg: Winter, 1983
Twentieth century Irish prose - Heidelberg: Winter, 1984
A sketch of diachronic English morphology - Regensburg: Pustet, 1984
Studien zur Laryngaltheorie [Studies on Laryngeal Theory] - Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1984
Lateinische Sprachwissenschaft Latin Linguistics - Regensburg : Pustet, 1984
As editor: The etymological dictionary. Questions of conception and design. Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1983.
Problems of old English lexicography - Regensburg: Pustet, 1985
Linguistic notes on Old English poetic texts - Heidelberg: Winter, 1986
Der Aufbau des germanischen Verbalsystems - Heidelberg: Winter, 1986
English linguistics - Heidelberg: Winter, 1989
Britain 400–600 - Heidelberg: Winter, 1990
As editor with Gaby Waxenberger: Pforzen und Bergakker. New investigations on runic inscriptions (= Historische Sprachforschung. Ergänzungsheft. 41). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1990, ISBN 3-525-26231-0, (digital copy).
Old English runes and their continental background - Heidelberg: Winter, 1991
Akten des VIII. Internationalen Kolloquiums zur Lateinischen Linguistik / International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics (1995: Eichstätt). - Heidelberg: Winter, 1996