Vladimír Skalička

Vladimír Skalička (born August 19, 1909 in Prague ; † January 17, 1991 ibid) was a Czech linguist.

On scientific importance

Skalička was a professor at the Charles University in Prague , member of the Prague School with a focus on general linguistics and language typology . In his typological studies he tied on the traditional morphological typology and developed five ideal types based on theoretical considerations: the agglutinating, inflecting, isolating, polysynthetic and introflexive construct. Each of these types (constructs) is described on the basis of phonological, morphological and syntactic properties in such a way that they appear to be optimally coordinated. Concrete languages are then examined to determine the extent to which they have these characteristics or differ from them. This ideal typology was received and continued in many ways in linguistics.

Works

Typological studies . With a contribution by Petr Sgall , edited by Peter Hartmann . Vieweg, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1979. ISBN 3-528-03710-5 . (A collection on the occasion of his 70th birthday; a bibliography of Skalička's works can be found on pages 342–344.)

Individual evidence

^ Gustav Ineichen : General language typology. Approaches and Methods . 2nd, updated and expanded edition. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1991, page 47. ISBN 3-534-07409-2 .
↑ Vladimír Skalička: A "typological construct" . In: Travaux linguistiques de Prague 2, 1966, pages 157-164. Also in the anthology Typological Studies , pages 335–341.
↑ Harald Haarmann : Basics of the language typology. Methodology, empiricism and systematics of the languages of Europe. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne / Mainz 1976, pages 56–59. ISBN 3-17-002486-8 .
^ Gabriel Altmann , Werner Lehfeldt : Allgemeine Sprachtypologie. Principles and measurement methods. Fink, Munich 1973, page 38. ISBN 3-7705-0891-2 .
^ Christiane Hoffmann: Morphologically oriented typology . In: Reinhard Köhler, Gabriel Altmann, Rajmund G. Piotrowski (eds.), Quantitative Linguistics - Quantitative Linguistics. An international manual . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, pages 578–598, on Skalička and successors: pages 583–587. ISBN 3-11-015578-8 .

Web links

Wiktionary: ideal typology - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

personal data
SURNAME	Skalička, Vladimír
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech linguist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 19, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague
DATE OF DEATH	January 17, 1991
Place of death	Prague

[1] Gustav Ineichen : General language typology. Approaches and Methods . 2nd, updated and expanded edition. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1991, page 47. ISBN 3-534-07409-2 .

[2] Vladimír Skalička: A "typological construct" . In: Travaux linguistiques de Prague 2, 1966, pages 157-164. Also in the anthology Typological Studies , pages 335–341.

[3] Harald Haarmann : Basics of the language typology. Methodology, empiricism and systematics of the languages of Europe. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne / Mainz 1976, pages 56–59. ISBN 3-17-002486-8 .

[4] Gabriel Altmann , Werner Lehfeldt : Allgemeine Sprachtypologie. Principles and measurement methods. Fink, Munich 1973, page 38. ISBN 3-7705-0891-2 .

[5] Christiane Hoffmann: Morphologically oriented typology . In: Reinhard Köhler, Gabriel Altmann, Rajmund G. Piotrowski (eds.), Quantitative Linguistics - Quantitative Linguistics. An international manual . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, pages 578–598, on Skalička and successors: pages 583–587. ISBN 3-11-015578-8 .