Luís Lindley Cintra
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Luís Filipe Lindley Cintra (5 March 1925 in Lisbon
– 18 August 1991) was a prominent figure in Portuguese philology
and linguistics
. A prolific writer with over 80 published works, he was a keen student of the historical differentiation during the 14th and 15th centuries between literary Portuguese and Castilian Spanish
(1958). Another special interest was the relationship between Galician
and Portuguese
, as evinced by his study of the dialects of Madeira
(1990) and his plan, together with Manuel de Paiva Boléo
and José G. Herculano de Carvalho, for a linguistic-ethnographic atlas of Portugal
and Galicia (1960). He is also co-author, with Celso Ferreira da Cunha, of a major work on Portuguese grammar, the Nova Gramática do Português Contemporâneo.
from the University of Lisbon faculty of letters in 1946 with a dissertation on the poet António Nobre
, followed by a doctorate in 1951. Besides having a significant role in mentoring researchers and instructors, he established the university's department of General and Romance Linguistics (Departamento de Linguística Geral e Românica) and was instrumental in reorganizing the Centre for Philological Studies (Centro de Estudos Filológicos), known since 1976 as the University of Lisbon Linguistics Centre (Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa).
Lindley Cintra is inextricably associated with the study and teaching of the Portuguese language
, and his numerous works attest to his intellectual and scientific activity. He was the father of Madrid
-born Portuguese film actor Luís Miguel Cintra (b. 1949).
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
– 18 August 1991) was a prominent figure in Portuguese philology
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
and linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
. A prolific writer with over 80 published works, he was a keen student of the historical differentiation during the 14th and 15th centuries between literary Portuguese and Castilian Spanish
Castilian Spanish
Castilian Spanish is a term related to the Spanish language, but its exact meaning can vary even in that language. In English Castilian Spanish usually refers to the variety of European Spanish spoken in north and central Spain or as the language standard for radio and TV speakers...
(1958). Another special interest was the relationship between Galician
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, as evinced by his study of the dialects of Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...
(1990) and his plan, together with Manuel de Paiva Boléo
Manuel de Paiva Boléo
Manuel de Paiva Baléo was a professor of Romance philology and Portuguese linguistics.-External links:*...
and José G. Herculano de Carvalho, for a linguistic-ethnographic atlas of Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
and Galicia (1960). He is also co-author, with Celso Ferreira da Cunha, of a major work on Portuguese grammar, the Nova Gramática do Português Contemporâneo.
Biography
Lindley Cintra earned his master's degree in Romance philologyRomance languages
The Romance languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family, more precisely of the Italic languages subfamily, comprising all the languages that descend from Vulgar Latin, the language of ancient Rome...
from the University of Lisbon faculty of letters in 1946 with a dissertation on the poet António Nobre
António Nobre
António Pereira Nobre was a Portuguese poet. He died of tuberculosis in Foz do Douro, Porto, in 1900, after trying to recover in a number of places. His masterpiece Só , was the only book he published.-Northern Portugal:Nobre was a member of a wealthy family...
, followed by a doctorate in 1951. Besides having a significant role in mentoring researchers and instructors, he established the university's department of General and Romance Linguistics (Departamento de Linguística Geral e Românica) and was instrumental in reorganizing the Centre for Philological Studies (Centro de Estudos Filológicos), known since 1976 as the University of Lisbon Linguistics Centre (Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa).
Lindley Cintra is inextricably associated with the study and teaching of the Portuguese language
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, and his numerous works attest to his intellectual and scientific activity. He was the father of Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
-born Portuguese film actor Luís Miguel Cintra (b. 1949).