IN MEMORIAM LAJOS LIGETI (1902–1987)
IN MEMORIAM LAJOS LIGETI (1902–1987)

Summary/Abstract: A review of the life and work of Lajos Ligeti proves to be both an easy and a challenging task. It is rendered easier by the fact that Ligeti published the fundamental principles of his future scholarship 80 years ago. In 1932, he saw his A magyarság keleti kapcsolatai [Eastern connections of the Hungarian people] in print as part of the Minerva series, one which may now be unfamiliar to many. In it, he outlined his scholarly plans. In 1986, one year before his death, he published his magnum opus, A magyar nyelv török kapcsolatai a honfoglalás előtt és az Árpádkorban [The Turkic connections of the Hungarian language before the Conquest and during the Árpád dynasty]. Seemingly, therefore, one need do little else but compare his plans and the culmination of his work 54 years later.

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