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Antesperg, Johann Balthasar von
© Copyright Johann Balthasar von Antesperg, grammar book of Joseph II Antesperg, Johann Balthasar von, b. Wiesing (Germany), 1682, d. Vienna, Aug. 31, 1765; among the first Austrian grammarians; he wrote the grammar book "Das Josephinische Erzherzogliche A. B. C. Oder Namenbüchlein" for his pupil, later Emperor Joseph II (1741, reprint published by G. Mraz 1980); wrote the "Kayserliche Deutsche Grammatik" (1747, even before J. C. Gottsched´s notable grammar publication "Sprachkunst"), including Austrian vernacular forms of German.
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