Ernst Lewy: Avar Texts with a German translation. Edited by Winfried Boeder with comments, corrections and contributions provided by Johannes Bechert, M.-K. M. Gimbatov, Aina Kazimagomedova, P. A. Saidova und S. Saxtamanov

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Winfried Boeder
• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
• Term: from 2016 to 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 321729163

The Avar texts are fairy tales and stories that were recorded by the German linguist Ernst Lewy in 1918. The native speakers were prisoners of war in a German camp located at Chemnitz. The edition is based on Lewy's notes, his interpretation and the numerous corrections and linguistic comments provided by experts of the Avar language together with a version in Standard Avar.

• DFG Programme: Publication Grants