Louis Gauchat
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Louis Gauchat | |
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| Born | 12 January 1866 Las Brenets, Switzerland |
| Died | 22 August 1942 Lenzerheide |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Education | University of Zürich |
| Occupation | Linguist |
Louis Gauchat (born 12 January 1866 in Les Brenets, Switzerland; died 22 August 1942 in Lenzerheide) was a Swiss linguist.
Career
[edit]He studied at the University of Zürich under Heinrich Morf and in Paris as a pupil of Gaston Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1890 with the dissertation Le patois de Dompierre. He later worked as a lecturer at Bern (1893–96) and Zürich (1897–1902). In 1902 was named a professor of Romance philology at the University of Bern. In 1907 he succeeded Jakob Ulrich at the University of Zürich, where he taught classes until 1931.[1] In 1909, with Albert Bachmann, he founded the phonogram archives at the university.[2] In 1926–28 he served as academic rector.[1]
Gauchat studied the French language spoken in Switzerland. In 1899 he founded Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande (Glossary of dialects of French-speaking Switzerland), an institution to publish studies of Switzerland's French dialects. The institute receives subsidies from French-speaking cantons and the Swiss Confederation. Jules Jeanjaquet and Ernest Tappolet assisted in phonetic survey work. The first issue of the glossary was published in 1924.[3][4][5]
Published works
[edit]His 1905 article on the vernacular of the Swiss village of Charmey is considered a precursor in the field of sociolinguistics.[1][6]
- Le patois de Dompierre, Halle sur Saale: E. Karras, impr., 1891 (dissertation thesis).
- Etude sur le ranz des vaches fribourgeois, Zürich: Zürcher und Furrer, 1899.
- L’unité phonétique dans le patois d’une commune, in: Aus romanischen Sprachen und Literaturen. Festschrift Heinrich Morf, Halle and d. Saale 1905, Nachdruck Genève 1980, S. 175–232.
- Grammaire et lexicographie des patois de la Suisse romande: Bibliographie analytique, Neuchâtel 1916
- Les noms de lieux et de personnes de la Suisse romande: Bibliographie analytique, Neuchâtel 1919
- Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande fondé par Louis Gauchat, Jules Jeanjaquet, Ernst Tappolet, Neuchâtel 1924 ff.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Gauchat, Louis Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz
- ^ The Phonetics Lab and The Phonogram Archives at Zurich University, Switzerland Zurich Open Repository and Archive
- ^ Margot, Nicole (29 December 2007). "Louis Gauchat et le Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande" (in French). Retrieved 2012-12-17.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Historique" (in French). Glossaire des Patois de la Suisse Romande. 2012-10-19. Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
- ^ Kristol, Andres (29 June 2007). "Louis Gauchat". Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse (in French). Retrieved 2012-12-17.
- ^ Human Communication: Theoretical Explorations edited by Albert Silverstein
