Zbigniew Gołąb
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| Born | 16 March 1923 Slavist |
Zbigniew Gołąb (16 March 1923, in
Slavist. He was described as "one of the world's greatest experts on the Macedonian language and the leading expert on Macedonian–Arumanian contact."[1]
He was active during the
guerrilla war against the Germans in 1944. He was imprisoned that same year, but managed to escape prior to the liberation of Kraków by the Red Army. In 1948–49 he was imprisoned for one year by the communist authorities, but was eventually released.[2]
He received his
professor emeritus
.
He was elected as a member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1972.
His research includes a study of the Macedonian dialects of
Krushevo (1984),[4]
and his last book: The Origins of the Slavs: A Linguist's View (Columbus, 1992). He also co-edited a dictionary of linguistic terminology (Warsaw, 1968) and was the author of more than 70 articles and reviews.
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References
- LINGUIST List
- "Zbigniew Golab, Slavic Languages & Literatures", The University of Chicago Chronicle, 13 (16), 14 April 1994
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