Vladimír Šmilauer (5 December 1895,

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, Bohemist and Slovakist.

Biography

Vladimír Šmilauer was born on 5 December 1895. He studied Czech and German at the

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of the

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. From 1921 to 1938, he worked as a high school professor. In 1938, he was appointed professor at Charles University. During the

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, he left his job at Charles University and worked at the Slavonic Institute in Prague. After

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, he returned to the university. His main research interests were the theory of word formation,

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, and Czech and Slovak

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Works

* ''Vodopis starého Slovenska'', Praha-Bratislava 1932 * ''Osídlení a národnost Spiše'', Bratislava 1935 * ''Co nového v Pravidlech českého pravopisu 1941?'', Praha 1943 * ''Novočeská skladba'', Praha 1947 (2. vyd. 1966) * ''Osídlení Čech ve světle místních jmen'', Praha 1960 * ''Úvod do toponomastiky'', Praha 1963 (2. vyd. 1966) * ''Příručka slovanské toponomastiky'' I–II, Praha 1963–1964 * ''Příručka slovanské toponomastiky – Handbuch des slawischen Toponomastik'', Praha 1970 * ''Novočeské tvoření slov'', Praha 1971 * ''Nauka o českém jazyku'', Praha 1972

References

Citations

Bibliography

* Antonín Dostál: „Vědecké dílo profesora Vladimíra Šmilauera“, ''Slavica Pragensia'' VIII, Praha 1966, p. 5–16. * Lumír Klimeš: „Profesor Vladimír Šmilauer – vědec a učitel“, in: ''Jazyk a literatura'' XVII. Sborník katedry českého jazyka a literatury. Západočeská univerzita v Plzni. Fakulta pedagogická. Plzeň 2000, p. 1–7. * Eva Milavcová: „Soupis prací profesora Vladimíra Šmilauera“, ''Slavica Pragensia'' VIII, Praha 1966, str. 381–413. * Marie Nováková-Šlajsová: „Onomastika ve vědeckém díle profesora Vladimíra Šmilauera. Bibliografický soupis“, in: ''Zpravodaj místopisné komise ČSAV'' 24, 1983, č. 4/5, str. 170–183.

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