Open AccessPoczątki językoznawstwa polonistycznego na Uniwersytecie Poznańskim
Author(s) -
Alicja Pihan-Kijasowa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
lingvaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2392-1226
pISSN - 1896-2122
DOI - 10.12797/lv.15.2020.30.16
Subject(s) - philology , slavic languages , dialectology , polish , onomastics , comparative linguistics , linguistics , japanese studies , history , classics , philosophy , sociology , gender studies , feminism
The Origins of Polish Language Studies at Poznań University
Linguistic studies on the Polish language and literature were first conducted at the Faculty of Philosophy of Poznań University (established in 1919). Studies on literary theory were pursued in the Department of History of Polish Literature, whereas linguistic studies in the Department of Slavic Philology and Indo-European Linguistics. Initially, these studies were supervised by scholars who came from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow: Mikołaj Rudnicki and Tadeusz Lehr-Spławiński, as well as Stanisław Dobrzycki who was active in two fields, theory of literature and linguistics. It was only in 1922 that the Department of the Polish Language was established thanks to the efforts of Edward Klich, who also came from Cracow. At first, Polish language studies at Poznań University concentrated on two fields: onomastics (with components of etymology), and dialectology. More comprehensive research was conducted since the establishment of the Department of the Polish Language which was joined by a new generation of linguists, including graduates of Poznań University.