Ľudovít Štúr – lingvist modern
Ľudovít Štúr – a modern linguist
Author(s): Marilena Felicia Luță (Țiprigan)Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Local History / Microhistory, Slovak Literature, Western Slavic Languages, 19th Century, Philology, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Ľudovít Štúr; štúrovčina; the Slovak language standard; the Slovak national identity;
Summary/Abstract: Ľudovít Štúr, the most emblematic figure of the Slovak culture in the first half of the nineteenth century, embodies the spirit of the Slovak national identity. The Slovak language standard, based on the Slovak central dialect, is undoubtly associated with Ľudovít Štúr, who strongly believed in language as a mean of increasing a nation’s self-consciousness. Thanks to his studying at the University of Halle in Germany between 1838–1840, he came to know not only the latest linguistic works of the most-known linguists of his time, Franz Bopp and Wilhelm von Humboldt, but also Hegel’s and Herder’s philosophy, which led him to the so-called ”štúrovčina”, the Slovak language standard. Ľudovít Štúr may therefore be considered the father of the modern Slovak literary language.
Journal: Romanoslavica
- Issue Year: LI/2015
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 137-151
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Romanian