Hanna Popowska-Taborska (March 22, 1930 – December 6, 2022)[1] was a Polish linguist and researcher of Kashubians.
Hanna Popowska-Taborska | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 22, 1930 |
| Died | December 6, 2022 (aged 92) |
| Other names | H. Popowska-Taborska |
| Alma mater | University of Lodz University of Warsaw |
| Known for | Kashubians and Slovinians studies |
| Awards | Order of Polonia Restituta |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Language Linguistics Kashubians[clarification needed] Slovinians[clarification needed] |
Biography
editBorn as daughter of pediatrics professors.[2] In 1952 she graduated in linguistics from the University of Lodz.[3] She received her doctorate (1959) and habilitation (1966) from the University of Warsaw. In 1972 she received the title of associate professor, and seven years later a full professor.[4] In the 1950s she does field research among the Kashubian and Slovinian population.[3]
Author and co-author of many works devoted to Kashubian language,[4] including the multi-volume Kashubian Language Atlas and Kashubian Etymological Dictionary. In her opinion, Słowiński Oaths from Wierzchocina: "...we owe a significant number of lexical Kashubisms...". In 1979, she was awarded the Medal for her scientific work.[5]
On August 23, 1980, she joined the appeal 64 of scholars, writers, and publicists to the communist authorities to start a dialogue with striking workers.[6]
In 1997, she received the Bernard Chrzanowski Medal "Moved the Wind from the Sea".[3]
In 1999 she was honored with the title of doctor honoris causa University of Gdańsk.[7][2]
In 2002 she received the Officer's Cross Order of Polonia Restituta.[8]
Main works
edit- The central issue of Kashubian vocalism (Kashubian change ę > i and ĭ, y, ŭ > ë), Ossoliński National Institute, Wrocław 1961.
- Language atlas of Kashubia and neighboring dialects, prepared by the Team of the Department of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, vol. I-VI under the direction of Z. Stieber; vol. VII-XV under H. Popowska-Taborska, Wrocław 1964–1978.
- Bartłomiej z Bydgoszczy. Polish Lexicographer of the First Half of the 16th Century, Ossolineum, Wrocław 1977 (co-author: Irena Kwilecka)
- Kashubian Region: Outline of History, PWN, Warsaw 1980.
- From the Old Divisions of Slavdom: Slavic Alternation (j)e-: o-, Wrocław 1984.
- Sketches from Kashubia: History, Monuments, Vocabulary, Gdańsk 1986.
- Early History of the Slavs in the Light of Their Language, Wrocław 1991.
- Kashubian Lexicon in the Slavic Background, Warsaw 1996 (together with W. Boryś).
- Etymological Dictionary of Kashubia, vol. I-V, Warsaw 1994-2006 (with W. Boryś).
- Slavic Dialectal Dictionaries, ed. H. Popowska-Taborska, Warsaw 2000.
Footnotes
edit- ^ Obituary. nekrologi.wyborcza.pl, 2022-12-08 [accessed 2022-12-08].
- ^ a b Edward Breza (1999). "Doctor Honoris Causa". Pomerania (9): 2. ISSN 0238-9045.
- ^ a b c Tadeusz Bolduan (1997). "Popowska-Taborska Hanna". Nowy bedeker kaszubski. Gdańsk: Polnord. ISBN 83-86181-34-6. OCLC 39273847.
- ^ a b 90th anniversary of the birth of professor Hanna Popowska-Taborska (in Polish). Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. 2020-03-18.
- ^ "Stolem Medal" (in Polish). Student Club "Pomorania". 2017-03-16.
- ^ Appeal (document KSS KOR, Opposition Archive IV/04.05.43 [b.n.s.]).
- ^ "Pożegnanie Profesor Hanny Popowskiej-Taborskiej". ug.edu.pl. 2022-12-07. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08.
- ^ Marta Nowosad-Bakalarczyk. A few words about the life and scientific achievements of Professor Hanna Popowska-Taborska (PDF). phavi.portal.umcs.pl, pp. 9–10.