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Wiktor Jassem | |
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| Born | (1922-06-11)11 June 1922 Kraków, Poland |
| Died | 7 January 2016(2016-01-07) (aged 93) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation | Phonetician |
| Notable work | Fonetyka języka angielskiego |
Wiktor Jassem (11 June 1922[1] – 7 January 2016[2]) was aPolishphonetician,philologist,linguist, technical sciencesprofessor, andhonourable member of Polish Phonetic Association. He specialized inacoustic phonetics and conducted research on the production of sounds and the processes of understanding of the speech.[3][4][5][6][7]
Wiktor Jassem was born on 11 June 1922 inKraków. DuringWorld War II he took part inunderground education – as astudent since he studied English and German languages, yet also as a professor of English language. He started his academic career atUniversity of Wrocław in the lat 1940s, where he was a lecturer ofEnglish phonetics. In 1952, he moved out and began teaching atAdam Mickiewicz University inPoznań. In the years 1955-1992 he was the Head of Laboratory of Acoustic Phonetics at the Institute of FundamentalTechnical Research, Polish Academy of Sciences. Until 1968, he also worked in the Faculty of Languages and Literatures (pol.Wydział Filologii) where, in 1966-68, he was the director of the Phonetics Department.
In 1968, during thePolish political crisis, he was suspended by thePZPRworks council and then dismissed from the University for refusing to read the "anti-Zionist" letter in front of his students.
He then continued his work atPolish Academy of Sciences in Poznań, where in 1974, as part of the Institute of Fundamental Problems of Technology of the Faculty of Technical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, he created the Independent Laboratory of Acoustic Fonetics. In 1976, he rejoined the PZPR. In 1978, he received the title of professor of technical sciences.
In his life, he wrote over 200 academic publications, primarily in the area of acoustic phonetics and its applications, many of his works focused onPolish andEnglish phonetics. For over 50 years, he was a member of the board of Permanent Council ofInternational Phonetic Association.
1951–1970 lə mɛ:trə fɔnetik.
1979–1984 The Phonetician, Honorary Vice President from 1984.
1985–2003 Phonetica.
1976 International Journal of Man Machine Studies.
1972–1977 Acoustics and Ultrasounds Library.
1995–1998 Project Copernicus. 58: Onomastica: Multilanguage and pronunciation dictionary of names in central and Eastern Europe.
1997–2000 Cooperative Research in Information Technology 2 (CRIT2), ESPRIT No. 20288: Computer analysis and synthesis of suprasegmental structures in communication systems.
1979–1985 Interdisciplinary programme: Nervous system together with biocybernetics elements and systems.1985–1990 Central programme of fundamental issues: System with artificial intelligence for robots and vehicles.1997–2001 2 Science Committee Grants.
He died on 7 January 2016, at the age of 93. He is buried in the Junikowo Cemetery in Poznań.
He was the father ofKrzysztof Jassem and Dorota Glowacka (née Jassem).
