Josep Pau Ballot i Torres
Josep Pau Ballot i Torres (* 1747 in Argentona , † October 21, 1821 in Barcelona ) was a Spanish theologian, Catalanist , Hispanist and grammarian.
life and work
Ballot studied theology and received his doctorate from the Jesuit University of Gandia . At the Colegio de Cordellas (Catalan: Col • legi de Cordelles) in Barcelona, he held the chair for rhetoric.
Ballot wrote the first printed grammar of Catalan . The grammar of Joan Petit i Aguilar , written around the same time, remained a manuscript.
Works (selection)
- Gramática y apología de la llengua cathalana , Barcelona 1814; ed. by Mila Segarra, Barcelona 1987 ( http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/57949496989461496754491/index.htm )
- Lógica y arte de bien hablar , Barcelona 1815
- Compendio de la gramática filosófica y razonada de la lengua castellana , Barcelona 1818
- Gramática de la lengua castellana , Barcelona 1819
literature
- Àngels Solà i Parera, “Ballot, la seva gramàtica i altres notes”, in: Estudis històrics i documentals dels arxius de protocols 9, 1981, pp. 277-303
- Gonzalo Díaz Díaz, Hombres y documentos de la filosofía española 1, 1980, pp. 492–493 (short biography and list of publications, Spanish, year of birth here: 1760)
- Peter Swiggers, 17. History of grammars and linguistic teachings of Romance languages, in: Lexikon der Romance Linguistik (LRL) I, 1, ed. by Günter Holtus, Michael Metzeltin and Christian Schmitt, Tübingen 2001, pp. 476–532 (here: 496)
Web links
- http://www.enciclopedia.cat/enciclop%C3%A8dies/gran-enciclop%C3%A8dia-catalana/EC-GEC-0007103.xml#.VIf2w9KG-So (short biography, Catalan)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ballot i Torres, Josep Pau |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ballot y Torres, José Pablo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish theologian, Catalanist, Hispanist and grammarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1747 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Argentona |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1821 |
| Place of death | Barcelona |