Milan Moguš
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Biography
He is born in SenjSenj
Senj , German Zengg, Hungarian Zeng and Italian Segna) is the oldest town on the upper Adriatic, and it was founded in the time before the Romans some 3000 years ago on the hill Kuk. It was the center of the Illyrian tribe Iapydes. The current settlement is situated at the foot of the slopes Mala...
, where he finished primary school and high school. In the academic year 1948/49 he attended in Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb (VIII. group: people's langugage and literature) and he graduated in 1953. In the same year he was elected as assistant to the Academy's Institute for Language, and in 1956 he performed the same duties at the Faculty of Philosophy at University in Zagreb in the Department for Dialectology and History of Croatian Language. From 1961 until 1963 he was Lector of Croatian language
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
at University of Warsaw
University of Warsaw
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. He got his doctorate of philology sciences in 1962 at University in Zagreb. In 1964 he became docent, in 1969 he was Associate Professor, and in 1975 he was Full Professor at the University. From 1965 until his retirement in 1992 he was Chairman of the Department for Dialectology and History of Croatian Language. In school years 1970/71 and 1971/72 he was a Professor at Faculty of Philosophy. At the same Faculty from 1976 he taught postgraduate studies of linguistic direction, and from 1979 until 1985 he was a leader of that postgraduate study. Since 1983 until 1992 he was a Head of the Institute for Linguistics of Faculty of Philosophy.
He taught as a Guest Professor at Universities in Cologne
Cologne
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and Mannheim
Mannheim
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. He attended many international assemblies and congresses. For a long time he was a member of International Committee for Onomastic Science in Leuven
Leuven
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, and member of International Committee for Phonetics
Phonetics
Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech, or—in the case of sign languages—the equivalent aspects of sign. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds or signs : their physiological production, acoustic properties, auditory...
and Phonology
Phonology
Phonology is, broadly speaking, the subdiscipline of linguistics concerned with the sounds of language. That is, it is the systematic use of sound to encode meaning in any spoken human language, or the field of linguistics studying this use...
of Slavic Languages in Moscow
Moscow
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and also President of the Interacademic Committee of Onomastics in Zagreb. In 1997 he became a member of Central European Academy of Science and Art. From 1998 until 2002 he was a President of the Croatian Commission for UNESCO
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In 1977 he was elected to Associate Membership of the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts, and in 1986 he became a Full Member. From 1985 until 1991 he was a Secretary of the Academy's Class for the Science of Philology. From 1991 until 1997 he was Secretary-General of the Academy, and from 1998 until 2003 he was Vice-President of the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts. Since 1 January 2004 until 11 November 2010 he has been president of the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts.
He was a Editor in Chief or Co-Author of many magazines and editions, like "Bulletin of the Institute for Linguistics of Faculty of Philosophy", "Bulletin scientifique", "Works of Institute for Slavic Philology", "Croatian Dialectology Collection", "Language", "Old Croatian Writers", "Works of Croatian Academy of Science and Arts", "Pauline Collection", "Senj Glagolitic circle 1248 - 1508", "Cithara octochorda". As a General-Secretary of the Academy he was Editor in Chief of "Yearbook of Croatian Academy of Science and Arts" (1992–1998), and as a Vice-President he wrote "Memorial: 140 years of Croatian Academy of Science and Arts". He was also Editor of linguistic profession in "Croatian Biographical Lexicon" and Co-Author of "Dictionary of Croatian literature from Croatian national revival
Illyrian movement
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until Ivan Goran Kovačić
Ivan Goran Kovacic
Ivan Goran Kovačić was a prominent Croatian poet and writer of the 20th century.-Early life and background:He was born in Lukovdol , a town in Gorski Kotar, to Croatian father Ivan and Jewish mother Ruža . His middle name Goran stems from that...
and collected works of Marko Marulić
Marko Marulic
Marko Marulić |Split]], 18 August 1450 – Split, 5 January 1524) was a Croatian national poet and Christian humanist, known as the Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age and the father of the Croatian Renaissance. He signed his works as Marko Marulić Splićanin , Marko Pečenić, Marcus Marulus ...
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Until his retirement in 1992 as a Principal Researcher in Institute of Linguistics of Faculty of Philosophy he led science project: "Study of Croatian Language". Now he leads another science project: "Study of Croatian dialects" in Institute of Linguistic Study of Croatian Academy of Science and Arts.
Awards
- Award Božidar Adžija for significant activity in science (1990)
- Honorary Doctorate of University of RijekaUniversity of RijekaThe University of Rijeka is situated in the city of Rijeka with faculties also located in cities throughout the regions of Primorje, Istria and Lika....
(1995) - Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Ruđer Bošković (1996)
- Honorary Doctorate of University of OsijekUniversity of OsijekThe Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek is a university located in Osijek, Croatia. It was founded in 1975 and is organized in 11 faculties.-History:...
(1997) - Croatian State Award for life work (1998)
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1998)
- Golden Medal of Ľudovít ŠtúrLudovít ŠtúrĽudovít Štúr , known in his era as Ludevít Velislav Štúr, was the leader of the Slovak national revival in the 19th century, the author of the Slovak language standard eventually leading to the contemporary Slovak literary language...
from the Slovak Academy of SciencesSlovak Academy of SciencesThe Slovak Academy of Sciences SAV is the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia fostering basic and strategic basic research...
(1998) - Golden Coat of Arms of Split (2001)
- Golden Ducat of Vukovar-Srijem County (2005)
- Award for Life Work of Chakavian Congress in PulaPulaPula is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula, with a population of 62,080 .Like the rest of the region, it is known for its mild climate, smooth sea, and unspoiled nature. The city has a long tradition of winemaking, fishing,...
(2005) - Order of Duke Branimir with neckles (2007)
Works
He published by himself or as a Co-Author these works:- Scholary monographs: "Today's Speech in Senj", "Phonological Development of Croatian Language", "Chakavian Dialect", "Antun Mažuranić, Azbukoprotres (Alphabetical Earthquake) of Savo Mrkalj", "Križanić's Croatian Grammer", "Law of Trsat", "History of Croatian Literary Language" (published in Croatian, English and German language), "Croatian Language in Croatian Sabor" (published in Croatian and English language), "Ivan Mažuranić: Death of Smail Aga Čengić;
- 4 computer concordance works of Croatian writers;
- 6 dictionaries: Croatian-English, Croatian-French, "Hrvatski čestotni rječnik", "Dictionary of Marulić's JuditaJuditaJudita is one of the most important Croatian literary works, an epic poem written by the "father of Croatian literature" Marko Marulić in 1501.-Editions:...
", Slownik polsko-chorwacki (Polish-Croatian dictionary), "Dictionary of Senj"; - Critical editions of two Marulić's works (JuditaJuditaJudita is one of the most important Croatian literary works, an epic poem written by the "father of Croatian literature" Marko Marulić in 1501.-Editions:...
and Naslidovanje); - Manual "Croatian Orthography" (until now 9 editions);
- About 270 scientific and technical studies and articles in the field of Croatian and Slavic philology and linguistics in over 60 domestic and foreign journals
External links
- Milan Moguš biography at the Croatian Academy of Sciences and ArtsCroatian Academy of Sciences and ArtsThe Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the national academy of Croatia. It was founded in 1866 as the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts , and was known by that name for most of its existence.- History :...
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