Rudolf Trüb

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Rudolf Trüb (1922–2010), as a young explorer for the SDS

Rudolf Trüb (born May 10, 1922 in Ennenda ; † February 28, 2010 in Zollikon ) was a Swiss linguist . He was editor at the Schweizerischer Idiotikon and author and co-editor of the Language Atlas of German-speaking Switzerland (SDS) .

Life and work

Trüb grew up as the son of pastor Rudolf Trüb in the canton of Glarus . He studied German, history and folklore at the universities of Zurich and Basel and graduated in 1945 with a teaching diploma. In 1948 he received his doctorate under Rudolf Hotzenköcherle , after which he attended the University of Marburg in 1949 .

1950–1952 and 1958–1959 Trüb worked as a high school teacher at Zurich secondary schools, and from 1957 to 1987 he was an editor at the Swiss Idiotikon . In addition, he worked for half a century for the language atlas of German-speaking Switzerland . Between 1946 and 1958 he made dialect recordings at 150 locations in the Alpine region, and from 1954 to 1959 he made sound recordings with Rudolf Brunner . In 1958 Trüb prepared the publication together with Hotzenköcherle; he was then involved in the creation of the maps in all eight volumes. After Hotzenköcherle's death, Trüb served as director and co-editor from 1976 to 1997. In 2003, together with his wife Lily Trüb, he completed the work with a final volume, which contains an overview of the work's history and the method of publication as well as a complete index of all eight volumes.

In addition, Trüb worked on the Atlas of Swiss Folklore from 1960–1995 and on the Farmhouse Research Campaign in Switzerland from 1965–1997 and supported the German word atlas from 1961–1980 and the Linguarum Europae atlas with Swiss data from 1978–1986 . Between 1975 and 1990 he held numerous teaching positions at the University of Zurich. From 1962 to 1987 he was President of the Bund Schwyzerdütsch (today the mundartforum ), in which function it was a particular concern of his to keep the publication of Swiss dialect dictionaries at a high level.

Honors

  • 1972 Paul-Zinsli-Scholarship of the Mozart-Prize of the Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe-Foundation
  • 1972 and 1984 honorary gifts from the Canton of Zurich
  • In 1992 he was awarded an honorary doctorate for his linguistic life's work by the University of Bern .

Works

  • Linguistic Atlas of German-speaking Switzerland (SDS) . Lim. by Heinrich Baumgartner and Rudolf Hotzenköcherle . In collaboration with Konrad Lobeck , Robert Schläpfer , Rudolf Trüb and with the participation of Paul Zinsli, edited by Rudolf Hotzenköcherle. 8 Vols. Vol. 1: Sound geography: vowel quality. Edited by Rudolf Hotzenköcherle and Rudolf Trüb (1962). Vol. 2: Sound geography: vowel quantity, consonantism. Edited by Doris Handschuh, Rudolf Hotzenköcherle and Rudolf Trüb (1965). Vol. 3: Geography of Forms. Edited by Doris Handschuh, Rudolf Hotzenköcherle, Rudolf Trüb and Jürg Bleiker, Rudolf Meyer, Alfred Suter (1975). Vol. 4: Word geography I: The human being, small words. Edited by Doris Handschuh, Rudolf Hotzenköcherle, Robert Schläpfer, Stefan Sonderegger, Rudolf Trüb (1969) (Vols. 5 to 8: Editing continued by Robert Schläpfer, Rudolf Trüb, Paul Zinsli).
  • Linguistic Atlas of German-speaking Switzerland. Closing volume: work history, method of publication, complete register. Among employees by Lily Trüb. Francke, Tübingen 2003.
  • Word article in the Swiss Idiotikon 1957–1987 (Volumes XII – XIV).
  • (together with Armin Bratschi, with the assistance of Lily Trüb, Maria Bratschi and Ernst Max Perren :) Simmental vocabulary. Dictionary of the dialect of the Simmental. Thun 1991 (grammars and dictionaries of Swiss German in a generally understandable representation. Volume XII).
  • The linguistic landscape Walensee-Seeztal. A contribution to the linguistic and cultural geography of Eastern Switzerland . Dissertation Zurich. Huber, Frauenfeld 1951 (contributions to Swiss-German dialect research 3).

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personal data
SURNAME Cloudy, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss linguist
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Ennenda
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 2010
Place of death Zollikon