O roli Johanna Eberharda Fischera v rabote po sboru jazykovogo material v volgo-kamskom areale (XVIII v.)
On the Role of Johann Eberhard Fischer in the Collecting of ­Linguistic Material in the Volga-Kama Region (18th century)

Summary/Abstract: Johann Eberhard Fischer, author of the ”Vocabularium Sibiricum”, is usually named among those who collected specimens of Finno-Ugric ­languages in Russia during the 18th century – like Messerschmidt, Müller, Tatiščev and others. It is shown in this paper that Fischer copied the specimens of Müller in St. Petersburg before departing for the Second Kamtchatka Expedition. There is no reason to regard him as an important collector of Finno-Ugric material.

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