Reinhold Olesch
Reinhold Olesch | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 24, 1910 |
| Died | June 23, 1990 (aged 79) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | German Charles-Ferdinand University |
| Alma mater | FWU Berlin |
| Thesis | (1935) |
| Doctoral advisor | Max Vasmer |
| Influences | Nikolai Trubetzkoy |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguistics |
| Sub-discipline | Slavic studies |
| Institutions | |
| Main interests | Chakavian, Kashubian, Polabian, Silesian and Sorbian languages[1] |
Reinhold Olesch (September 24, 1910 in Zalenze, Upper Silesia – June 23, 1990 in Brühl, Rhineland) was a linguist, Slavic studies Professor of University of Vienna. He researched the Slavonic dialects of Upper Silesia, which he recognized as his mother tongue.[2] He published several works about them, including: "Die slawischen Dialekte Oberschlesiens" (Slavonic dialects of Upper Silesia) and "Beiträge zur oberschlesischen Dialektforschung – Die Mundart der Kobylorze".
References
- ^ "Biographie: Olesch, Reinhold". Kulturstiftung der deutschen Vertriebenen (in German). Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ Joanna Rostropowicz: Śląski był jego językiem ojczystym [Reinhold Olesch, 1910-1990] in: Śląsk bogaty różnorodnością - kultur, narodów i wyznań. Historia lokalna na przykładzie wybranych powiatów, miast i gmin (ed. Krzysztof Kluczniok, Tomasz Zając), Urząd Gm. i M. Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Poland, Dom Współpracy Pol.-Niem., Czerwionka-Leszczyny 2004, ISBN 83-920458-5-8