Vladimír Skalička
| Vladimír Skalička | |
|---|---|
| Born |
19 August 1909 Prague, Austria-Hungary |
| Died |
17 January 1991 (aged 81) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Fields | Linguistics |
| Institutions | Charles University in Prague |
| Alma mater | Charles University in Prague |
| Known for | Morphological typology |
| Spouse | Alena Skaličková |
Vladimír Skalička (19 August 1909 – 17 January 1991) was a Czech professor, linguist, translator, and polyglot. A member of the influential Prague School of linguists and literary critics and a corresponding member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, he is credited with further developing morphological typology.[1][2][3]
Life and work
Skalička was born on 19 August 1909 in Prague, then part of Austria-Hungary. His grandfather was Czech painter Josef Mánes.[2] He became associated with the Prague School while studying at Charles University in Prague, at which he habilitated in 1935, writing on Finno-Ugric linguistics.[3][4] He remained at the university, and in 1946 was appointed professor there, founding the department of linguistics and phonetics.[3] He continued to write until late into his life in a number of languages, collaborating with a number of other linguists including his wife, Alena Skaličková.[5]
His work included translation and comparative studies of languages, and was reported to have a basic understanding of approximately 1200 languages and dialects.[2]
He developed morphological typology into five categories, classifying languages into isolating, agglutinating, inflectional, introflectional, and polysynthetic.[2]
References
- ↑ "Skalička, Vladimír". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1979. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "SKALIČKA Vladimir". Who's who in our history of the 20th century (Czech: KDO BYL KDO v našich dějinách ve 20. století). Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- 1 2 3 VEČERKA, Radoslav. "SKALIČKA, Vladimir (1909-1991)" (PDF). Bibliographic medallions of Czech linguists: scholars and Slavicists [online] (Czech: Bibliografické medailonky českých lingvistů: bohemistů a slavistů). Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages, Masaryk University. p. 86. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- ↑ Kuldanová, Pavlina; Svobodová, Jana (2003). "Pražský lingvistický kroužek" [Prague Linguistic Circle] (in Czech). Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ↑ "Vladimír Skalička [1909-1991]: Bibliografie" [Vladimír Skalička [1909-1991]: Bibliography] (in Czech). Retrieved 1 October 2013.
External links
- Vladimír Skalička: Bibliography (Czech)