Václav Vondrák
Encyclopedia
Václav Vondrák was a Czech slavist and professor at Vienna University and Brno University
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in Prachatice
and České Budějovice
. He moved to Vienna, starting to study Roman philology, but soon switching to Slavic philology under Franz Miklosich. He obtained a doctoral degree in 1884. From 1881 to 1891, Vondrák worked as a private teacher
for various aristocratic families. In 1893, he attained habilitation
in Slavic languages and literature in Vienna. In 1903, he was appointed to professor extraordinarius at the Vienna University. In 1919, he was appointed to professor at the Brno University.
Vondráks research contributions lie in the fields of Old Church Slavonic
and comparative Slavistics, particularly grammar.
Masaryk University
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Life
From 1872 to 1880, Vondrák attended gymnasiumGymnasium (school)
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in Prachatice
Prachatice
Prachatice is a town in the South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic.-History:The town of Prachatice has its origins in the 11th century, following the beginning of trade on the "Golden Path"...
and České Budějovice
Ceské Budejovice
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. He moved to Vienna, starting to study Roman philology, but soon switching to Slavic philology under Franz Miklosich. He obtained a doctoral degree in 1884. From 1881 to 1891, Vondrák worked as a private teacher
In home tutoring
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for various aristocratic families. In 1893, he attained habilitation
Habilitation
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in Slavic languages and literature in Vienna. In 1903, he was appointed to professor extraordinarius at the Vienna University. In 1919, he was appointed to professor at the Brno University.
Vondráks research contributions lie in the fields of Old Church Slavonic
Old Church Slavonic
Old Church Slavonic or Old Church Slavic was the first literary Slavic language, first developed by the 9th century Byzantine Greek missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius who were credited with standardizing the language and using it for translating the Bible and other Ancient Greek...
and comparative Slavistics, particularly grammar.
Selected works
A full bibliography is available in Časopis pro moderní filologii XII, No. 1, and "Slavia" IV, No. 3.- Zur Kritik der altslovenischen Denkmale, Sitzungsberichte d. kaiserl. Akad., Vienna 1886.
- Altslovenische Studien, Vienna 1890.
- Ueber einige orthographische und lexikalische Eigentümlichkeiten des Codex Suprasliensis, Vienna 1891.
- Zur Würdigung der altslovenischen Wenzelslegende und der Legende von heiligen Prokop, Vienna 1892.
- Die Spuren der altkirchenslavischen Evangelienübersetzung in der altböhmischen Literatur, Vienna 1893.
- Glagolita Clozův, Otto, Prague 1893.
- Studie z oboru církevněslovanského písemnictví (Studies in the field of Old Church Slavonic literature), Rozpravy české akademie, Prague 1903.
- O mluvě Jana exarcha bulharského (About the language of Jan the Bulgarian exarch), Prague 1896.
- Altkirchenslavische Grammatik, Berlin 1900, 19122.
- O původu kijevských listů a pražských zlomků a o bohemismech v starších církevněslovanských památkách vůbec (About the origin of the Kiev Folia and Prague Fragments), Prague 1904.
- Novější práce o činnosti slovanských apoštolů svatých Cyrilla a Methodia (New works on the activities of the Holy Slavic apostles Cyrill and Method), "ČČM" 1897.
- Zur Frage nach der Herkunft des glagolitischen Alphabets, Archiv f. slav. Philol. XVIII, XIX.
- Vergleichende Slavische Grammatik, Göttingen, I, 1906, II, 1908; I, 19242.
- Zu den Nasalen im Slavischen. Bezzenbergers Beiträge XXIX.
- Slavische Akzent- und Quantitätsstudien. Bezzenbergers Beiträge XXX.
- Zur Liquidametathese im Slavischen. Archiv f. slav. Philol. XXV.
- O genitivech na -u v staré češtině (About genitives ending with -u in the Old Czech language), Listy filol. XII.
- O koncovkách praes. sg. 1. -ím a -ám v češtině (About the praes. sg. 1. endings -ím and -ám in the Czech language), Listy filol. XIII.
- Kremsmünsterská legenda o 10.000 rytířích (The Kremsmünster legend of 10.000 knights), Listy filol. XVI.
- Ueber die Lokalendungen -ě und -u der ъ- und о-Stämme im Altböhmischen, Archiv f. slav. Philol. 1886.
- Ueber die persönlichen Schimpfwörter im Böhmischen, Archiv f. slav. Philol. 1890.
- Frisinské památky, jich vznik a význam v slovanském písemnictví (The Frising Manuscripts, their origin and significance in Slavic literature), Prague 1896.
- Vokabulář klasické staroslověnštiny (Dictionary of Classic Old Slavonic, with Bartoň, Josef), KLP, Praha 2003.