Rudolf Krajčovič Explained

Rudolf Krajčovič (22 July 1927 in Trakovice – 29 October 2014) was a Slovak linguist and Slavist, the author of migration-integration theory about the origin of the Slovak language.^[1]

Life

He studied Slovak and philosophy at the Comenius University in Bratislava, later he worked in several positions at the Department of the Slovak Language and Literature (assistant, docent, professor since 1986). He worked abroad at various prestigious Slavist workplaces (Kraków 1963, Skopje 1977, Moscow 1970–1971, 1975–1976, 1980–1981). The secretary of the Association of Slovak Linguists (1957–1960), a member of the board (1966–1968), a vice-president (1968–1972). A vice-president of the Slovak Linguistic Society (1972–1973), a member of several international Slavist organizations.^[1]

Selected works

1961 Vývin slovenského jazyka
1964 Pôvod juhozápadoslovenských nárečí a ich fonologický vývin
1974 Slovenčina a slovanské jazyky. Praslovanská genéza slovenčiny
1975 A Historical Phonology of the Slovak Language
1977 Svedectvo dejín o slovenčine
1981 Pôvod a vývin slovenského jazyka
1983 Čeština a slovenčina v starších archiváliách v predspisovnom období
1985 Veľká Morava v tisícročí slovami prameňov, legiend, kroník a krásnej spisby
1988 Vývin slovenského jazyka a dialektológia
1990 Dejiny spisovnej slovenčiny. Študijná príručka a texty
2005 Živé kroniky slovenských dejín skryté v názvoch obcí a miest

Awards

1971 Plaque of Comenius University
1977 Bronze Medal of Comenius University
1987 Silver Medal of Comenius University
1986 Commemorative Medal of Ľudovít Štúr
1987 Medal of Comenius University
1995 Commemorative Medal of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University
1997 Gold Medal of Faculty of Philosophy of Comenius University
1997 Honors of the Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic

Notes and References

Web site: Rudolf Krajčovič . The Official Website of Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics . Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Sciences . 17 December 2016.