Georges Lüdi

Georges Claude Lüdi (born December 18, 1943 in Baden ; resident in Heimiswil ) is a Swiss linguist and Romance scholar .

Life

Georges Lüdi studied Romance Studies and Linguistics at the Universities of Zurich , Madrid and Montpellier from 1963 to 1971 . He received his doctorate in 1971 from the University of Zurich, where he worked as an assistant from 1971 to 1976. In 1976 he completed his habilitation there for Romance Philology and became senior assistant. He also held teaching positions at the University of Bern and the ETH Zurich . In 1979 the University of Neuchâtel appointed him full professor for general linguistics . In 1982 he became a full professor for French linguistics at the University of Basel. Lüdi was the head of the Romance seminar and the Institute for French Linguistics and Literature Studies. In 1994/95 he was Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History and from 1996 to 2002 President of the Planning Commission of the University of Basel. From October 1, 2005 to August 31, 2007, Lüdi headed the newly founded Department of Linguistics and Literature. At the beginning of 2010 he retired.

He has chaired the Walther von Wartburg Foundation since 1985, the Board of Trustees (editorial committee) of the Vox Romanica magazine and the Romanica Helvetica book series since 2002 and the Languages ​​and Cultures Foundation since 2008. He was a member of the Science Policy Council for the Social Sciences of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (1994–2011), President of the Swiss Linguistic Society (1990–1994), the Association for Applied Linguistics in Switzerland VALS / ASLA (1995–1998) , 1996–2004 member of the Executive Board of the International Association for Applied Linguistics AILA. In 1997/98 he headed the EDK's group of experts for an overall language concept for primary schools in Switzerland.

In 2006 he was honored by the French President with the appointment of officer in the Ordre national du mérite . On October 30, 2015, he was awarded a doctorate honoris cause by the University of Neuchâtel.

Fonts (selection)

• The metaphor as a function of updating (= Romanica Helvetica. Vol. 85). Francke, Bern 1973 (= dissertation , University of Zurich, 1973).
• Valence, congruence features and player functions: Investigations into the semantic representation of prompts and their translation in French and Spanish texts of the 15th and 16th centuries. Century. Habilitation thesis , University of Zurich, 1976.
• (with Bernard Py) Bilingual through migration: Introduction to research into multilingualism using the example of two groups of immigrants in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) ( Romance workbooks. H. 24). Niemeyer, Tübingen 1984, ISBN 3-484-54024-9 .
• The linguistic landscape of Switzerland. Federal Statistical Office, Bern 1997, ISBN 3-303-16041-4 .
• (with Bernard Py) Etre bilingual. P. Lang, Bern 1986, ISBN 3-261-03629-X . 3rd edition 2003.
• (with Simona Pekarek Doehler, Victor Saudan) Learning French in German-speaking Switzerland: To develop discursive skills within and outside of school. Rüegger, Chur 2001, ISBN 3-7253-0702-4 .
• (with Iwar Werlen) Language landscape in Switzerland. Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2005, ISBN 3-303-16075-9 .

literature

• Lorenza Mondada , Simona Pekarek Doehler (Ed.): Plurilinguisme, Mehrsprachigkeit, Plurilingualism: Enjeux identitaires, socio-culturels et éducatifs. Festschrift pour Georges Lüdi. Francke, Tübingen 2003, ISBN 3-7720-8027-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Georges Lüdi in the catalog of the German National Library
• Georges Lüdi on the website of the Institute for French Linguistics and Literature Studies at the University of Basel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ standard data entry (GND 118,111,507 ) of the German National Library . Query date: March 4, 2018.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Georges Lüdi - Curriculum Vitae  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Institute for French Linguistics and Literature Studies at the University of Basel, accessed on March 25, 2012.  
3. ↑ Walther von Wartburg Foundation ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Internet excerpt, Commercial Register of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, accessed on March 25, 2012.  
4. ↑ The department management ( Memento des original from July 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Department of Linguistics and Literature at the University of Basel, accessed on March 25, 2012. 
5. ^ Conference on the retirement of Georges Lüdi , website of the University of Basel, June 4, 2010, accessed on August 4, 2015.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Prof. Dr. Georges Lüdi ( Memento of the original dated November 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Institute for French Linguistics and Literature Studies at the University of Basel, accessed on June 28, 2012.  
7. ↑ Prof. Georges Lüdi Officer in Ordre National du Mérite , website of the University of Basel, accessed on August 4, 2015.
8. ^ Website of the Université de Neuchâtel , accessed on December 31, 2015.