Jiří Polívka (linguist)

Jiří Polívka (March 6, 1858 – March 21, 1933, in Prague) was a Czech linguist, slavist, literary historian and folklorist. He was a disciple of Jan Gebauer. In 1895 he was appointed professor at Charles University in Prague. He became a corresponding member of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts and corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1901). He was a supporter of Theodor Benfey’s migration theory. His major work was the collection Slavic Tales (1932) and studies about Slavic dialectology.[1][2]

Jiří Polívka

References
  1. http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Jirí+Polívka
  2. http://abicko.avcr.cz/2008/1/14/jiri-polivka-1858-1933.html

Literature
  • HLÔŠKOVÁ, Hana – ZELENKOVÁ, Anna (Eds.): Slavista Jiří Polívka v kontexte literatúry a folklóru I.–II. Bratislava: Katedra etnológie a kultúrnej antropológie FF UK, Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava SAV, Ústav etnológie SAV; Brno: Česká asociace slavistů, Slavistická společnost Franka Wollmana v Brne, 2008. 248 p. ISBN 978-80-969992-0-0.


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