Jānis Endzelīns

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Jānis Endzelīns ( German  Janis Endzelin ; born February 22, 1873 in the Mičkēni homestead near Mūrmuiža , Livonia Governorate ; † July 1, 1961 in Koknese ) was a Latvian linguist.

Life

Jānis Endzelīns studied philology at the University of Dorpat and was a professor there. In 1907 he and Kārlis Mīlenbahs published the first truly scientific grammar of the Latvian language . From 1909 to 1920 he then worked at the University of Kharkov and then until 1961 at the University of Riga . In 1926 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . As the leading Latvian philologist of his time, he was instrumental in the development of the Latvian language in the 20th century. The current Latvian alphabet can also be traced back to him.

Honors

  • The elementary school in Kauguri bears his name as Jāņa Endzelīna Kauguru pamatskola .
  • Since 1967 there has been a Jānis Endzelīns Prize, which is awarded today by the Latvian Academy of Sciences .

family

Endzelins was the father of the Latvian chess player Lūcijs Endzelīns , whose wife was the multiple Latvian chess master Milda Lauberte .

Publications (selection)

  • "Latviešu gramatika" (1907) with K. Mīlenbahs
  • "Славяно-балтийские этюды" (dissertation 1912)
  • "Latvian Grammar" (1922)
  • "Latvijas vietu vārdi" (1-2, 1922-25) with A. Ābels, J. Kauliņs, P. Šmits
  • "Latviešu valodas skaņas un formas" (1938)
  • Tacita darba "Ģermānija" tulkojums (1938)
  • "Old Prussian Grammar" (1944)
  • "Ievads baltu filoloģijā" (1945)
  • "Baltu valodu skaņas un formas" (1948)
  • "Baltų kalbų garsai ir formos" (Lithuanian, 1957)
  • "Latvijas PSR vietvārdi" (1-2, 1956-61)
  • "Comparative Phonology and Morphology of the Baltic Languages" (angliski, 1971)

literature

  • Rožkalne, Anita: Latviešu rakstniecība biogrāfijās. Zinātne, 2003 ISBN 9984-698-48-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 76.
  2. ↑ Kārlis Dravins. Jaunā Gaita No. 94, 1973
personal data
SURNAME Endzelīns, Jānis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian linguist
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Mičkēni homestead near Mūrmuiža , Livonia Governorate
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1961
Place of death Cocaine