Ljudevit Jonke
Ljudevit Jonke (29 July 1907 – 15 March 1979) was a Croatian linguist.
Life and work
Jonke was born in
Simultaneously engaging himself in the topics of Croatian and Czech studies, he received his Ph.D. with a thesis Dikcionar Karlovčanina Adama Patačića (
In the 1950s, Jonke engaged in systematic study of a completely neglected subject of problems of Croatian from the Illyrian times to the end of 19th century (Borbe oko književnog oblika imeničkog genitiva množine u 19. stoljeću, 1957.; Osnovni problemi hrvatskoga književnog jezika u 19. stoljeću, 1958; Sporovi pri odabiranju govora za zajednički književni jezik Hrvata u 19. stoljeću, 1959). He carefully examined the work of Bogoslav Šulek and Adolfo Veber Tkalčević.
Jonke was a participant of the 1954
He edited two columns of language advice (from 1961 in Telegram and since 1971 in Vjesnik), and edited the journal Jezik for 17 years. From 1970 to 1971, he served as the President of Matica hrvatska. In 1963 he was elected as a member of JAZU.
Due to his alleged "Croat nationalism", having been denounced after signing the 1967
Jonke's main contribution (beside polemical and political discussions) is in revitalising the interest to the contributions of
He died in Zagreb.
Selected works
- Dikcionar Adama Patačića (Zagreb, 1949),
- Književni jezik u teoriji i praksi (Zagreb, 1st ed. 1964, 2nd ed. 1965),
- Hrvatski književni jezik 19. i 20. stoljeća (Zagreb, 1971),
- Hrvatski književni jezik danas (Zagreb, 1971; forbidden)
References
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- ISSN 1849-0131. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- Bašić, Nataša (October 2007). "Ljudevit Jonke i jugoslavenski jezični unitarizam" [Ljudevit Jonke and Yugoslav Language Unitarianism] (PDF). Jezik (in Croatian). 54 (4): 131–142. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- Jonke, Ljudevit (in Croatian)