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Libuše Dušková
Libuše Dušková (; née Mehlová, born 27 January 1930) is a Czech Linguistics, linguist specializing in the fields of contrastive analysis of English grammar and functional syntax, member of the Prague linguistic circle, Prague Linguistic Circle and key representative of the Prague School of Linguistics. She is Professor Emeritus, Emerita of English Linguistics at Charles University. Her research spans a broad spectrum of topics in English linguistics, namely the verb phrase, the noun phrase, simple and complex sentences, the grammar-text interface, and aspects of the theory of Functional Sentence Perspective viewed through the prism of Jan Firbas' approach. Education Libuše Dušková's interest in the study of languages, and English specifically, goes back to her secondary school years in Česká Třebová. She was a Gymnasium (school), Gymnasium student, with a wide range of hobbies including piano, which she seriously considered studying at the conservatoire after passing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Česká Třebová
ÄŒeská TÅ™ebová (; german: Böhmisch Trübau) is a town in Ústà nad Orlicà District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Villages of Kozlov, Lhotka, ParnÃk, Skuhrov and Svinná are administrative parts of ÄŒeská TÅ™ebová. Etymology The name ''TÅ™ebová'' is derived from the old Czech verb ''triebiti'', which meant "chop down, clear". The name refers to the founding of settlements on the site of forest that had to be cut down first. First the name of the river TÅ™ebovka. was created, then it was transferred to the settlements settlements along the river. The attribute ''ÄŒeská'' (meaning Bohemian) was added to distinguish from Moravská TÅ™ebová. History The first written mention of ÄŒeská TÅ™ebová is from 1278. It was founded during the reign of King Ottokar II of Bohemia as a town with regular ground plan and rectangula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
