Reinhold Olesch
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Reinhold Olesch (September 24, 1910 in Kattowitz ( Upper Silesia) – June 23, 1990 in
Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
) was a
linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...
,
Slavic studies Slavic (American English) or Slavonic (British English) studies, also known as Slavistics is the academic field of area studies concerned with Slavic areas, languages, literature, history, and culture. Originally, a Slavist or Slavicist was prim ...
Professor of
University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...
. He researched the Slavonic dialects of Upper Silesia, which he recognized as his mother tongue. He published several works about them, including: "''Die slawischen Dialekte Oberschlesiens''" (Slavonic dialects of Upper Silesia) and "''Beiträge zur oberschlesischen Dialektforschung – Die Mundart der Kobylorze''".


References

* Joanna Rostropowicz: Śląski był jego językiem ojczystym einhold Olesch, 1910-1990in: Śląsk bogaty różnorodnością - kultur, narodów i wyznań. Historia lokalna na przykładzie wybranych powiatów, miast i gmin (ed. Krzysztof Kluczniok, Tomasz Zając), Urząd Gm. i M. Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Poland, Dom Współpracy Pol.-Niem., Czerwionka-Leszczyny 2004, {{DEFAULTSORT:Olesh, Reinhold 1910 births 1990 deaths People from Katowice Linguists from Germany People from the Province of Silesia Linguists of Silesian 20th-century linguists