Tine Logar
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Tine Logar, also known as Valentin Logar (11 February 1916–December 25, 2002) was a Slovenia
n historical linguist, dialectologist
, and university professor. He was best known for his works on Slovene dialects, published in Slovenska narečja (Slovenian Dialects, 1975) and Karta slovenskih narečij (Map of Slovenian Dialects, 1983).
He was born in the village of Horjul
northwest of Ljubljana
and started his scholarly career researching the dialect of his native area. He graduated from the University of Ljubljana
in 1940. From 1947 to 1958 he worked at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
, with a hiatus from 1949 to 1950. This interruption occurred at the onset of the Informbiro
period, when he was arrested and interned as a political prisoner
by the Communist regime in the Goli otok
concentration camp and then served penal labor in the mines of Bosnia.
He died in Ljubljana
.
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
n historical linguist, dialectologist
Dialectology
Dialectology is the scientific study of linguistic dialect, a sub-field of sociolinguistics. It studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution and their associated features...
, and university professor. He was best known for his works on Slovene dialects, published in Slovenska narečja (Slovenian Dialects, 1975) and Karta slovenskih narečij (Map of Slovenian Dialects, 1983).
He was born in the village of Horjul
Horjul
Horjul is a small town and a municipality in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.The origin of the name Horjul is unclear; various theories have tried to derive it from a Romance or Celtic root....
northwest of Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
and started his scholarly career researching the dialect of his native area. He graduated from the University of Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana
The University of Ljubljana is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. With 64,000 enrolled graduate and postgraduate students, it is among the largest universities in Europe.-Beginnings:...
in 1940. From 1947 to 1958 he worked at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the national academy of Slovenia, which encompasses science and the arts and brings together the top Slovene researchers and artists as members of the academy....
, with a hiatus from 1949 to 1950. This interruption occurred at the onset of the Informbiro
Informbiro
Informbiro was a period in the history of Yugoslavia characterized by conflict and schism with the Soviet Union...
period, when he was arrested and interned as a political prisoner
Political prisoner
According to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, a political prisoner is ‘someone who is in prison because they have opposed or criticized the government of their own country’....
by the Communist regime in the Goli otok
Goli otok
Goli otok is an island off the northern Adriatic coast, located between Rab's northeastern shore and the mainland, in what is today Croatia's Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. The island is barren and uninhabited...
concentration camp and then served penal labor in the mines of Bosnia.
He died in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
.