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IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR ALEŠ SVOBODA
IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR ALEŠ SVOBODA

Author(s): Martin Adam
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Obituary
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Aleš Svoboda;

Summary/Abstract: On 9 January 2010, Aleš Svoboda, an extraordinary fi gure of European linguistics and a faithful follower of the legacy of the Prague School, passed away at the age of 68. Coincidentally – and symbolically enough – this happened ten years after the death of his great teacher and closest colleague, Professor Jan Firbas. Aleš Svoboda was in his manifold pedagogical and scholarly activities associated with several universities and cities: he studied and repeatedly worked at the Department of English and American Studies at Masaryk University in Brno, restored the Department of English and American Studies at University of Ostrava, newly co-established the Institute of Foreign Languages at Silesian niversity in Opava, and last but not least, meant an immense support for the Institute of British and American Studies at Prešov University.

  • Issue Year: 3/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 113-117
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English