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Chasper Pult (born January 2, 1869 in Sent , Canton of Graubünden ; † October 31, 1939 ibid) was a Swiss linguist , Romance scholar , lexicographer and poet .

life and work

Chasper Pult spent the first ten years of his life in Massa Carrara , where his father Jon Pult was active in the trade. When the family returned to Sent, he met Peider Lansel , who was five years his senior .

Desk graduated from the district school Chur and studied after 1889 first chemistry, then Roman philology at the University of Zurich and the University of Lausanne , where he met the dissertation parler de Le Sent 1897 doctorate . It is the first dialect monograph in Graubünden, equipped with a dictionary, from which, for example, Constantino Nigra, as his Note etimologiche e lessicali reveals, drew his knowledge of today's Engadin.

Pult then taught at a Piedmontese private school and obtained the language teacher diploma in Genoa . From 1901 to 1934 he was a professor for Italian language and literature at the University of St. Gallen and in Chur. Pult also wrote casual poems and short stories.

Pult was a member of the Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun DRG, founded in 1904 . When the first editor Florian Melcher died in autumn 1913 , Pult took over the management of the national dictionary on a part-time basis. He held this position for 26 years alongside his professorship in St. Gallen and Chur. His successor was Andrea Schorta .

Pult was a staunch opponent of an international, watered-down, characterless, Italianized or Germanized Romansh. His main work is primarily a scientific work in favor of the Romansh language and its culture and a lexicological work. Pult was the head of the Centro Culturale Svizzero in Milan and for some time presided over the Lia Rumantscha .

Pult had been married to Lola, nee Küng, since 1908. Their son was Jon Pult . Chasper Pult is the grandfather of the linguist and Romance scholar Chasper Pult (* 1949).

Works (selection)

  • Le parler de Sent. 1897.
  • About offices and dignities in Romansh federations. 1911.
  • Popular customs and welfare. In: Swiss Archives for Folklore, 1916.
  • Ladinia e Italia, resposta da Ch. Pult al diseuors omonim salvä in Milan da Prof. Carlo Salvioni . 1917.
  • La plü veglia pergiamina rumantscha del archiv da Sent. 1918.
  • Las bacharias. 1921.
  • On your own baking board. In: Festschrift Louis Gauchat . 1925.
  • About the linguistic relations of the Raetia Prima in the Middle Ages. 1927.
  • Amo ün pêr kikkers gio da nossa panera. 1939.
  • Il Dicziunari rumantsch. 1925.
  • Il vegl cumün grischun rumantsch. In: Annalas da la Societad Retorumantscha. 44, 1930.
  • Noss nouvs dicziunaris. Lur caracter, mera e stadi d'avanzamaint. In: Annalas da la Societad Retorumantscha. 51, 1937, pp. 282-297.
  • Romansh, our fourth national language. 1938.
  • Mostly testamaint. In: Fögl Ladin. 1940.

literature

  • Andrea Schorta: Prof. dr. Chasper desk. In: Annalas da la Societad Retorumantscha. 54, 1940, pp. 273-285.
  • Jakob Jud : Necrology for Chasper Pult. In: Vox Romanica. Vol. 5, 1940, pp. 327-331. ( Digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jon Pult. sent-online, accessed on July 12, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Chasper Pult (* 1949). sent-online, accessed on July 12, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Desk, Chasper
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss linguist, Romance philologist, lexicographer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Sent , Canton of Graubünden
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1939
Place of death Sent , Canton of Graubünden