Josip Jernej

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Josip Jernej (born July 7, 1909 in Gorizia , † March 20, 2005 in Zagreb ) was a Croatian Romanist , Italianist and lexicographer.

life and work

Jernej, who grew up in a four-lingual environment (Italian, Slovenian, Croatian and German), studied in Padua, Florence and Zagreb , worked for Mirko Deanović (1890–1984, founder of Croatian Italian studies), lecturer and finally his successor on the chair for Italian from the University of Zagreb .

Other works

  • (with Mirko Deanović) Džepni talijansko-hrvatski rječnik, Zagreb 1944
  • (with Mirko Deanović) Hrvatskosrpsko-talijanski rječnik / Vocabolario croato-serbo italiano [Serbo-Croatian-Italian dictionary], Zagreb 1956 (1168 pages); 9th edition 1994 (1134 pages)
  • (with Mirko Deanović) Rječnik talijansko-hrvatskosrpski / Vocabolario italiano-croatoserbo [Italian-Serbo-Croatian dictionary], Zagreb 1960 (914 pages); 14th edition 2002 (1093 pages)
  • Fonetica italiana e nozioni di metrica, Zagreb 1964
  • (with Moritz Regula) Grammatica italiana descrittiva su basi storiche e psicologiche, Bern / Munich 1965, 1975
  • Elementi di lessicologia e semantica, Zagreb 1965

literature

  • Pavao Galić, In margine ai sessant'anni di Josip Jernej dell'Università di Zagabria, in: Aevum 38, 1969, pp. 328-330
  • Pavao Galić, Bibliografia di Josip Jernej dell'Università di Zagrabia, in: Aevum 43, 1974, pp. 575-583
  • August Kovačec, [obituary] in: Studia Romanica et Anglica Zagrabiensia (SRAZ) 50, 2005, pp. 221–224
personal data
SURNAME Jernej, Josip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian Romanist, Italianist and lexicographer
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Gorizia
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 2005
Place of death Zagreb