Antoni Griera i Gaja

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Antoni Griera i Gaja (born January 17, 1887 in Sant Bartomeu del Grau, province of Barcelona , † December 3, 1974 in Castellar del Vallès ) was a Spanish Romanist and Catalanist .

life and work

Monseñor Griera studied in Paris (with Jules Gilliéron ), Halle a. S. and Zurich. He received his doctorate in 1914 from the University of Zurich with the thesis La frontera catalano-aragonesa. Estudi geografico-lingüístic (Barcelona 1914), was ordained a priest in the same year and taught Catalan philology at the University of Barcelona (later as a professor). From 1921 to 1932 he was a member of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans .

From 1939 he was pastor in Sant Cugat del Vallès , made a contribution to the restoration of the important Sant Cugat monastery and settled the Institut Internacional de Cultura Romànica there, with whose help he published his works.

Griera published an eight-volume linguistic atlas and a fourteen -volume dictionary of Catalan using innovative methods .

Griera was an honorary doctorate from the University of Leuven .

Other works

  • (Ed.) Diccionari de rims de Jaume March . Barcelona 1921.
  • Atlas lingüístic de Catalunya. 8 volumes. Barcelona 1923-1964.
  • Gramàtica històrica del català antic. Barcelona 1931.
  • Etudes de geographie linguistique. Barcelona 1933.
  • Tresor de la llengua, de les tradicions i de la cultura popular de Catalunya. 14 volumes. Barcelona 1935-1947.
  • Bibliografía lingüística catalana. Barcelona 1947.
  • (Ed. With Antoni Maria Badia i Margarit and Federico Udina Martorell ) VII Congreso internacional de lingüística románica. Universidad de Barcelona, ​​7-10 April 1953. Tomo II. Actas et memorias, 2 volumes. Barcelona 1955.
  • Atlas linguistic d'Andorra. Andorra 1960.
  • Vocabulario vasco. Ensayo de una interpretación de la lengua vasca. 2 volumes. San Cugat del Vallés 1960.
  • Gramática histórica catalana. Barcelona 1965.
  • Atlas linguistic de la Vall d'Aran. San Cugat del Vallés 1973.

literature

  • [ List of publications] in: Butlletí de dialectologia catalana 27, 1944–1945.
  • Sever Pop : La dialectologie. Aperçu historique et méthodes d'enquêtes linguistique. Löwen 1950, pp. 349, 364-376.
  • Manuel Alvar (Ed.): Miscelánea filológica dedicada a Mons. A. Griera. 2 volumes. Barcelona 1955-1960.
  • Antoni Griera: Memories. San Cugat del Vallés 1963.
  • Antonio Griera on the golden jubilee of 19 September 1964. Münster 1965.
  • Alf Lombard : [Obituary], in: Studia Neophilologica 46, 1974, pp. 528-529.

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personal data
SURNAME Griera i Gaja, Antoni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Griera y Gaja, Antonio; Griera, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish Romanist and Catalanist
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Sant Bartomeu del Grau, Province of Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 1974
Place of death Castellar del Vallès