Manolis Triantaphyllidis

Manolis Triantaphyllidis , also Triantafyllidis ( Greek Μανόλης Τριανταφυλλίδης ; * November 15, 1883 in Athens , Greece ; † April 20, 1959 ibid) was an important modern Greek linguist , grammarian , demoticist and educator . He achieved fame above all for his grammar of the modern Greek vernacular (1941), which is still relevant today.

life and work

Triantaphyllidis was a prominent figure in modern Greek intellectual life and science for decades. In 1910 he participated as a founding member of the Liberal Education Association ( Εκπαιδευτικός Όμιλος ) together with Dimitrios Glinos and Alexandros Delmouzos an important role and standing in the language issue on the side of the vernacular . From 1917 to 1920 he was the chief overseer of popular education ( Ανώτερος Επόπτης της δημοτικής εκπαίδευσης ), from 1926 to professor of linguistics and modern Greek grammar at the University of Thessaloniki. In 1941 Triantaphyllidis published - with a foreword by the then ruling fascist Ioannis Metaxas - his famous grammar of the modern Greek vernacular, which was translated into 14 languages and is still used today by linguists as a reliable and competent source. In honor of Triantaphyllidis, the Institute for Modern Greek Studies, the Manolis-Triantaphyllidis Foundation ( Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδώλλ, ρ speρυμα Μανόλλη Τριανiste ), was founded in his legacy at the Aristoteles University in the year of his death . His complete works have been published in eight volumes.

literature

Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών (Ίδρυμα Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη) (Ed.): Άπαντα Μανόλληδηηντα. 8 volumes, Thessaloniki 1965–2002. - (complete edition)
Μανόλης Τριανταφυλλίδης: Αυτοβιογραφικές Σελίδες . Edited by Linos Politis , Thessaloniki 1979, ISBN 960-231-020-0 .
Μανόλης Τριανταφυλλίδης: Αλληλογραφία 1895–1959 . Edited by Panagiotis Moullas , Thessaloniki, 1st edition 2001. ISBN 960-231-093-6 .
Μανόλης Τριανταφυλλίδης: Νεοελληνική Γραμματική . Thessaloniki 2002. - (New edition of the original edition from 1941 with corrections)
Giorgos G. Alisandratos (Ed.): Μανόλης Α.Τριανταφυλλίδης (1883–1959): Σελίδες από τη ζωή και το έργο του. Μουσείο Μπενάκη, Athens 2010 (Βιβλιοθήκη του Μουσείου Μπενάκη: Νεοελληνική Φιλολογία, 6).
Triandafilidis, Manolis , in: Élisabeth Roudinesco ; Michel Plon: Dictionary of Psychoanalysis: Names, Countries, Works, Terms . Translation from French. Vienna: Springer, 2004, ISBN 3-211-83748-5 , p. 1039

Web links

Photograph by Triantaphyllidis next to Georgios Skliros and Alexandros Delmouzos, Jena 1907, from: Ε. Π. Παπανούτσος : Α. Δελμούζος. ΜΙΕΤ, Athens 1984.
Homepage of the Institute for Modern Greek Studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (in English)

Individual evidence

↑ IS Christodoulou (Ed.): Εμμανουήλ Κριαράς. Επιλογή Από Το Εργο Του (= Emmanuel Kriaras . Selection from the work). Zitros Verlag, Athens 2000, ISBN 960-7760-58-1 , p. 124.
↑ Απέθανεν ο γλωσσολόγος Μαν. Τριανταφυλλίδης εκ καρδιακής προσβολής , (online) . (= The linguist Manolis Triantafyllidis died of a heart attack). Eleftheria newspaper from April 21, 1959.

personal data
SURNAME	Triantaphyllidis, Manolis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Triantafyllidis, Manolis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek linguist and educator
DATE OF BIRTH	November 15, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH	Athens
DATE OF DEATH	April 20, 1959
Place of death	Athens

[1] IS Christodoulou (Ed.): Εμμανουήλ Κριαράς. Επιλογή Από Το Εργο Του (= Emmanuel Kriaras . Selection from the work). Zitros Verlag, Athens 2000, ISBN 960-7760-58-1 , p. 124.

[EZ-2] Απέθανεν ο γλωσσολόγος Μαν. Τριανταφυλλίδης εκ καρδιακής προσβολής , (online) . (= The linguist Manolis Triantafyllidis died of a heart attack). Eleftheria newspaper from April 21, 1959.