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Louis Gauchat | |
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| Born | 12 January 1866 Las Brenets, Switzerland |
| Died | 22 August 1942 Lenzerheide |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Education | University of Zürich |
| Occupation | Linguist |
Louis Gauchat (born 12 January 1866 in Les Brenets, Switzerland; died 22 August 1942 in Lenzerheide) was a Swiss linguist.
He studied at the University of Zürich under Heinrich Morf and in Paris as a pupil of Gaston Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1890 with the dissertation Le patois de Dompierre. He later worked as a lecturer at Bern (1893–96) and Zürich (1897–1902). In 1902 was named a professor of Romance philology at the University of Bern. In 1907 he succeeded Jakob Ulrich at the University of Zürich, where he taught classes until 1931. [1] In 1909, with Albert Bachmann, he founded the phonogram archives at the university. [2] In 1926–28 he served as academic rector. [1]
Gauchat studied the French language spoken in Switzerland. In 1899 he founded Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande (Glossary of dialects of French-speaking Switzerland), an institution to publish studies of Switzerland's French dialects. The institute receives subsidies from French-speaking cantons and the Swiss Confederation. Jules Jeanjaquet and Ernest Tappolet assisted in phonetic survey work. The first issue of the glossary was published in 1924. [3] [4] [5]
His 1905 article on the vernacular of the Swiss village of Charmey is considered a precursor in the field of sociolinguistics. [1] [6]
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