Amaat Honoraat Joos (3 May 1855 in

Hamme Hamme () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hamme proper, Kastel Moerzeke, and . In 2018, Hamme had a total population of 24,827. The total area is 40.21 km². The cur ...

– 15 August 1937 in Ghent) was a Flemish priest and prelate who became well known as an educationalist,

dialectologist Dialectology (from Greek , ''dialektos'', "talk, dialect"; and , ''-logia'') is the scientific study of linguistic dialect, a sub-field of sociolinguistics. It studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution and their assoc ...

and

folklorist Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...

Life

Joos studied at

St. Joseph Minor Seminary St. Joseph Minor Seminary (Sint-Jozef Klein Seminarie or ''SJKS'') is a Catholic secondary school in Sint-Niklaas, Diocese of Ghent, Belgium. There were previously a Recollect monastery and a seminary on the site. History The first buildings ...

Sint-Niklaas Sint-Niklaas (; french: Saint-Nicolas, ) is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Sint-Niklaas proper and the towns of Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, and . Sint-Nikl ...

. There he was influenced by the superior

Antoon Stillemans Antoon Stillemans (10 December 1832, Sint-Niklaas – 5 November 1916, Ghent) was for 26 years the twenty-fourth bishop of Ghent, in Belgium. Education Stillemans began studies at the St. Joseph Minor Seminary of Sint-Niklaas in 1846. In 1853 he ...

. After ordination to the priesthood in 1881 he became head of the diocesan normal school in

. He wrote important works on Flemish linguistics and promoted the use and formal teaching of Dutch in Catholic schools, himself compiling grammar textbooks for the purpose. He resigned from the normal school in 1915, becoming chaplain to an order of nursing sisters. Joos was a prolific contributor to the periodicals ''

Het Belfort ''DW B'' is the oldest literary magazine in Flanders that is still in print. It was first published as ''Dietsche Warande en Belfort'', co-founded by Marie-Elisabeth Belpaire, as a merger between two earlier literary magazines, ''Dietsche Warande' ...

'' and ''

Rond den Heerd ''Rond den Heerd'' ("Around the Hearth") was a weekly Dutch-language family magazine published in Bruges (Belgium) from 1865 to 1890. It was founded by Guido Gezelle and William Henry James Weale William Henry James Weale (8 March 1832 – 26 A ...

'', and in 1899 he founded a short-lived monthly periodical of Flemish folklore, ''Vlaamsche Zanten'', stopping publication in 1901 for lack of funds. In 1900 he became a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Dutch language and literature, and in 1905 a full member, serving as director from 1914 to 1920. He was a frequent contributor to the academy's proceedings, ''Verslagen & Mededelingen''. In 1908 he became a corresponding member of the

Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde The Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde (English "Society of Dutch Literature", often abbreviated ''MNL'') is a prestigious and exclusive literary society. The MNL was established in Leiden in 1766 and is still located there. At the moment, ...

, based in Leiden.

Works

* ''De zingende Knaap, 65 schoolliederen'' (Ghent, 1879) – a collection of songs for use in schools * ''Vlaamsche Spraakkunst ten gebruike van het middelbaar en normaal onderwijs'' (Ghent, 1884) – a Flemish grammar for use in secondary and normal schools * ''Kleine spraakkunst met oefeningen, volgens het schoolprogramma van 1884'' (3 vols., Ghent 1885) – a school grammar and exercise book * ''Schatten uit de Volkstaal'' (Ghent, 1885) * ''Waasch idioticon: bewerkt met de medehulp van veel taalminnende Wazenaars'' (Ghent, A. Siffer, 1900) – a dictionary of the dialect of Waasland * ''Raadsels van het Vlaamsche volk, gerangschikt, vergeleken en verklaard'' (Ghent, 1888) – a collection of Flemish riddles * ''Vertelsels van het Vlaamsche volk'' (4 vols., Ghent and Tielt, 1889-1892) – a collection of Flemish folktales * ''Levenswijsheid en Menschenkennis'' (1927) – a collection of aphorisms

Honours

* 1905: Honorary Canon of Saint Bavo's. * Knight in the

Order of Leopold Order of Leopold may refer to: * Order of Leopold (Austria), founded in 1808 by emperor Francis I of Austria and discontinued in 1918 * Order of Leopold (Belgium), founded in 1832 by king Leopold I of Belgium * Order of Leopold II, founded in Congo ...

. * 1934: Commander in the Order of the Crown Royal order of 21 July 1934.

References

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