Martin Hattala
Slovak pedagogue, Roman Catholic theologian and linguist
About Martin Hattala
Lived 1821 – 1903 (aged 82). Martin Hattala was an Austrian linguist, pedagogue, translator, university teacher, writer and catholic priest.
Martin Hattala (4 November 1821 in Trstená, Kingdom of Hungary – 11 December 1903 in Prague)
Linguistic publications Grammatica linguae slovenicae collatae cum proxime cognata bohemica (Grammar of the Slovak language compared with the most closely related Czech language) (1850) Krátka mluvnica slovenská (A Concise Slovak Grammar) (1852) Zvukosloví jazyka staro- i novo českého a slovenského (Phonetics of the old and new Czech and Slovak language) (1854) O poměru Cyrillčiny k nynějším nářečím (On the relationship of Cyrillic to the contemporary dialects) (1855) Skladba jazyka českého (Syntax of the Czech language) (Prague 1855) Srovnávací mluvnice jazyka českého a slovenského (Comparative grammar of the Czech and Slovak language) (1857) O ablativě ve slovančině a litvančině (On the ablative in Slavic and Lithuanian) (1857-1858) Mnich Chrabr, příspěvek k objasnění původu písma slovanského (Monk Chrabr, contribution to clarify the origin of the Slavic script) (1858) Mluvnica jazyka slovenského I., II. (Grammar of Slovak) (1864, 1865) Počátečné skupeniny souhlásek československých (Initial consonant clusters in Czechoslovak) (1870) Brus jazyka českého. Příspěvek k dějinám osvěty vůbec a slovanské i české zvláště (Antibarbarus of the Czech language. Contribution to the history of the people's education in general and Slovak and Czech in particular) (Prague 1877)
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Who was Martin Hattala?
Slovak pedagogue, Roman Catholic theologian and linguist (1821–1903)
When was Martin Hattala born?
Martin Hattala was born on 4 November 1821.
When did Martin Hattala die?
Martin Hattala died on 11 December 1903 in Prague, New Town.
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Martin Hattala was a linguist, pedagogue, translator, university teacher, writer and catholic priest.
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Martin Hattala was Austrian.
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