Pavle Ivić | |
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| Born | December 1, 1924 |
| Died | September 19, 1999(1999-09-19) (aged 74) |
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| Main interests | Linguistics,dialectology |
Pavle Ivić (Serbian Cyrillic:Павле Ивић,pronounced[pâːʋleǐːʋitɕ]; 1 December 1924 – 19 September 1999) was aSerbianSouth Slavicdialectologist andphonologist.
Both his field work and his synthesizing studies were extensive and authoritative. A few of his best-known publications are:
He edited many periodicals and scholarly series, and was an important figure in theSlavic Linguistic Atlas project. He was an authority on the standardization of theSerbian language. He frequently lectured in theU.S. and other countries, and was an Honorary Member of theLinguistic Society of America.
A member of theSerbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, he took part in the polemics accompanying the breakdown of 1945-1991 Yugoslavia. He was as signatory of the 1986Memorandum of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
He was married toMilka Ivić (1923-2011), a Slavicsyntactician and professor.
