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1 online resource (341 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in Slavic and general linguistics ; v. 31 |
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Studies in Slavic and general linguistics ; v. 31.
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| Contents |
FOREWORD; CHAPTER I -- YOUTH AND STUDENT YEARS; CHAPTER II -- TEACHER; CHAPTER III -- DEPUTY LIBRARIAN; CHAPTER IV -- PROFESSOR: THE FIRST YEARS; CHAPTER V -- LINGUIST; ILLUSTRATION1; CHAPTER VI -- PUBLICIST; ILLUSTRATION2; CHAPTER VII -- STUDENTS; ILLUSTRATION3; CHAPTER VIII -- COLLEAGUES; CHAPTER IX -- FRIENDS; CHAPTER X -- THE LAST YEARS; EPILOGUE; Acknowledgements; Archives and correspondence consulted; Bibliography of Nicolaas van Wijk: corrections and additions; References; Index of personal names |
| Summary |
Nicolaas van Wijk (1880-1941) was the founder of Slavic studies in the Netherlands and one of the greatest Slavists in general. This book describes for the first time how a scholar of the Dutch language, whose etymological dictionary of the Dutch language is still considered the best of its kind, was appointed in 1913 to the newly created Chair in Slavic languages at Leiden University and built up a tremendous reputation for himself in Eastern Europe. Van Wijk's relations with his famous teacher, the linguist C.C. Uhlenbeck, are followed attentively, as is his postgraduate apprenticeship in Le |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Wijk, Nicolaas van, 1880-1941.
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| SUBJECT |
Wijk, Nicolaas van, 1880-1941 fast |
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Wijk, Nicolaas van. swd |
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Linguists -- Netherlands -- Biography
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Slavists -- Netherlands -- Biography
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Philanthropists -- Netherlands -- Biography
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Linguists
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Philanthropists
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Slavists
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Slawistik
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Netherlands
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Houtzagers, H. P. (H. Peter)
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Kalsbeek, Janneke, 1953-
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| LC no. |
2006355417 |
| ISBN |
1423791118 |
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9781423791119 |
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940120313X |
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9789401203135 |
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