Pavel Josef Šafařík, savantul slovac de expresie cehă
Pavel Josef Šafařík, the Czech-speaking Slovak scholar
Author(s): Anca Irina IonescuSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Comparative Linguistics, Czech Literature, Slovak Literature, Western Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: literary language; Slav antiquities; Walach language; old Czech grammar; Slav folklore; Czech - Romanian relations; Pogodin; Mariánské Lázně;
Summary/Abstract: Pavel Josef Šafařík was a Slovak philologist, poet and one of the first scientists to study Slavs and their origin in Europe. He was also a literary historian and ethnographer. His main work was Slovanské starožitnosti (1837-1865, Prague) [Slavonic Antiquities], the first important research on the culture and history of the Slavs, describing their settlements, origin and languages. He is also one of the first scientists to get an interest in the language and history of the Romanians and their relations with the Slav populations thus marking the beginning of the Czech-Romanian literary and scientific relations.
Journal: Romanoslavica
- Issue Year: XLVII/2011
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 63-76
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Romanian