Mijo Lončarić
Mijo Lončarić (1 September 1941 – 21 June 2023) was a Croatian linguist.[1]
Life and career
Mijo Lončarić was born in
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, serving as a Director in the period 1993-1995.[1]
Lončarić published numerous dialectological works, especially on
Kajkavian dialect (Kaj jučer i danas, 1991; Kajkavsko narječje, 1996), and conducted field research of hundreds of local dialects. He co-authored several grammars and dictionaries (Hrvatska gramatika, Rječnik hrvatskoga kajkavskoga književnog jezika, Gradišćanskohrvatsko-hrvatsko-nimški rječnik, Rječnik govora Gole). He was the head of the Croatian linguistic atlas project.[1]
Lončarić died in Zagreb on 21 June 2023, at the age of 81.[2]
References
- ^ Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, 1999–2009, retrieved 28 February 2014
- ^ Preminuo istaknuti hrvatski jezikoslovac Mijo Lončarić (Novi List Online)
External links
- Profile at the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics