Benedek Elemér Vidos

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Benedek Elemér Vidos (born February 7, 1902 in Budapest , † March 18, 1987 in Nijmegen ) was a Dutch Romanist of Hungarian origin.

life and work

Vidos was born as "Benedek Elemér Wallerstein". In 1910 his father converted from the Jewish to the Catholic faith and changed his name to "Vidos". He himself later used the version "Benedictus Eleutherius" or "BE" for short as his first name.

Vidos studied French, Latin, Spanish and Italian in Budapest, then with Giulio Bertoni in Bologna and with Ernst Gamillscheg in Berlin. He received his doctorate in 1928 with the work Szóföldrajzi kutatások (Linguistic Geographical Studies) and was a grammar school teacher in Budapest. In 1932 he went to teach Italian and Spanish at the University of Nijmegen , where he was professor of Romance philology from 1946 to 1971.

Vidos' history of the Italian nautical vocabulary, which was converted into French in 1939, was recognized by Ernst Gamillscheg as a “really great achievement” ( Zeitschrift für Französ Sprache und Literatur 63, 1939, p. 86). His Handbook of Romance Linguistics (originally 1956) appeared in five languages, including German.

Works

  • La forza di espansione della lingua italiana . Discorso pronunziato per l'inaugurazione dei corsi di filologia italiana e spagnuola all'Università cattolica Carlo Magno di Nimega martedi November 15, 1932 da BE Vidos, Nijmegen 1932
  • Contributions to the French history of words, in: Journal for French Language and Literature 57–58, 1933–1934
  • Storia delle parole marinaresche italiane passate in francese. Contributo storico-linguistico all'espansione della lingua nautica italiana , Florence 1939
  • Handboek tot de romaanse taalkunde , 's-Hertogenbosch 1956 (Italian: Manuale di linguistica romanza , Florence 1959, 1970, 1975; Spanish: Manual de lingüística románica , translated from Italian by Francesc de Borja Moll , Madrid 1963, 1973; German : Handbook of Romance Linguistics , translated by Georg Roellenbleck, Munich 1968; Portuguese: Manual de lingüística românica , Rio de Janeiro 1996, 2001)
  • Prestito, espansione e migrazione dei termini tecnici nelle lingue romance e non romance. Problemi, metodo e risultati , Florence 1965 (collective publication)

literature

  • Maxim. PAM Kerkhof , Benedek Elemér Vidos. Budapest 7 februari 1902 - Nijmegen 18 maart 1987, in: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde , 1988, pp. 263–269 (with list of publications)

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personal data
SURNAME Vidos, Benedek Elemér
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vidos, BE; Vidos, Benedetto Elemér; Vidos, Benedictus Eleutherius; Vidos, Bendict Eleutherius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian-Dutch Romanist
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1987
Place of death Nijmegen