Louis Gauchat Explained
| Louis Gauchat |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1866 |
| Birth Place: | Las Brenets, Switzerland |
| Death Date: | 22 August 1942 |
| Death Place: | 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
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.
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
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.
Notes and References
- http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D41676.php Gauchat, Louis
- http://www.zora.uzh.ch/113612/1/Dellwo_Studer_2012.pdf The Phonetics Lab and The Phonogram Archives at Zurich University, Switzerland
- Web site: Louis Gauchat et le Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande . Nicole . Margot . 29 December 2007 . 2012-12-17 . French .
- Web site: Historique . Glossaire des Patois de la Suisse Romande . 2012-10-19 . 2012-12-17 . French . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071020053802/http://www.glossaire-romand.ch/default.asp/2-0-81-6-6-1/ . 2007-10-20 .
- Encyclopedia: Louis Gauchat . Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse. 29 June 2007 . Kristol. Andres . 2012-12-17 . French.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=pbbMCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Louis+Gauchat%22+Charmey&pg=PA225 Human Communication: Theoretical Explorations
