Jan Aleksander Ludwik August Karłowicz (May 28, 1836 – June 14, 1903) was Polish ethnographer, musicologist, composer, linguist, folklorist, lexicographer, dialectologist, one of the first Lithuanianists.
Books
Most of his books are available online at the resource polona.pl.
Search results for Jan Karłowicz
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*O Żydzie wiecznym tułaczu (1873)
*O języku litewskim (1875)
*Piękna Meluzyna i królewna Wanda (1876) (Beautiful Melusine
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and Princess Wanda
Princess Wanda (; reputedly lived in 8th century Poland) was the daughter of the Lechitic King Krakus, legendary founder of Kraków. Upon her father's death she became a ruler of the Poles, but committed suicide to avoid an unwanted marriage.
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*Słoworód ludowy (1878)
*Przyczynek do zbioru przysłów, piosenek, ucinków i przypowieści od nazw rodowych i miejscowych (1879)
*Przysłowia od nazwisk (1879)
*O imieniu Polaków i Polski (1881)
*Die Mythen, Sagen und Legenden der Zamaiten (1883, 2 volumes)
*Chata polska (1884)
*Systematyka pieśni ludu polskiego (1885)
*Podania i bajki ludowe zebrane na Litwie (1887)
*Imiona własne polskich miejsc i ludzi od zatrudnień (1887)
*Słownik wyrazów obcego a mniej jasnego pochodzenia (1894–1905, 3 volumes)
*Słownik gwar polskich (1900–1911, 6 volumes) (Dictionary of Polish Dialects)
*Lud. Rys ludoznawstwa polskiego (1903)
References
External links
maintained by the Polonistics Centre, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University
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1836 births
1903 deaths
Polish ethnographers
Polish musicologists
linguists from Poland
Polish folklorists
Polish composers
Polish lexicographers
Dialectologists
Imperial Moscow University alumni
Collège de France alumni
Humboldt University of Berlin alumni