Louis Gauchat

Louis Gauchat

Louis Gauchat (born 12 January 1866 in Les Brenets, Switzerland, died 22 August 1942 in Lenzerheide) was a Swiss linguist.

Gauchat studied the French language spoken in Switzerland. In 1899 he founded Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande (Glossary of dialects of French-speaking Switzerland), an institution to publish comprehensive studies of Switzerland's French dialects. The institute receives subsidies from French-speaking cantons and the Swiss Confederation. Jules Jeanjaquet and Ernest Tappolet assisted in phonetic survey work. The first issue of the glossary was published in 1924.^[1][2][3]

References

1. Margot, Nicole (29 December 2007). "Louis Gauchat et le Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande" (in French). Retrieved 2012-12-17.
2. "Historique" (in French). Glossaire des Patois de la Suisse Romande. 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
3. Kristol, Andres (29 June 2007). "Louis Gauchat". Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse (in French). Retrieved 2012-12-17.