Professor Marian Kucała. A researcher and lover of the Polish language Cover Image

Profesor Marian Kucała – badacz i miłośnik języka polskiego
Professor Marian Kucała. A researcher and lover of the Polish language

Author(s): Piotr Żmigrodzki
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: history of Polish linguistics; history of Polish; linguists from Cracow; Society of Friends of the Polish Language; Marian Kucała

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents Professor Marian Kucała (1927–2014), a dialectologist and historian of the Polish language, affiliated throughout his entire life with the Institute of the Polish Language of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow. It presents his biography and a short discussion of his most important scientific achievements, while most space is devoted to a recollection of his activity in the Society of Friends of the Polish Language and in the editing board of the “Język Polski” journal.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 239-248
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish