Joan Petit i Aguilar
Joan Petit i Aguilar (born December 24, 1752 in Sant Feliu de Codines , Vallès Oriental , † November 15, 1829 in Sant Feliu de Codines) was a Spanish Catalan scholar and grammarian.
life and work
Petit studied medicine at the University of Cervera (doctorate 1775) and was a doctor in Sant Feliu. He wrote (around the same time as Josep Pau Ballot i Torres ) an extensive early grammar of Catalan that was only recently published.
In addition, he published a translation of the poems of Catullus and left behind the manuscript of a rhyming dictionary.
The library in his hometown bears his name.
Works
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Gramàtica catalana predispositiva per la més fàcil inteligència de la española y llatina, disposada en forma de pregunta y resposta, per un pare que desidja enseñar a sos fills el modo de pronunciar en escrit lo idioma català conforme vuy se parla, 1823)
- Gramática catalana , ed. by Jordi Ginebra, Barcelona 1998 (Diss. Barcelona 1991)
literature
- Jordi Ginebra, La "Gramática catalana" (1796-1829) de Joan Petit i Aguilar. Estudi i edició, Diss. Barcelona 1991 ( http://diposit.ub.edu/dspace/handle/2445/41606?locale=ca ; summary in Catalan and English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petit i Aguilar, Joan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish Catalanist and grammarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1752 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sant Feliu de Codines, Vallès Oriental |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1829 |
| Place of death | Sant Feliu de Codines |