LINGUIST

Joan Coromines

1905 - 1997

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Joan Coromines i Vigneaux (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈaŋ kuɾuˈminəs]; also frequently spelled Joan Corominas; Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 1905 – Pineda de Mar, Catalonia, Spain, 1997) was a linguist who made important contributions to the study of Catalan, Spanish, and other Romance languages. His main works are the Diccionario crítico etimológico de la lengua castellana (1954–1957), in four volumes, first version of his etymological dictionary of Spanish (with an abridged version, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, first published in 1961); the Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana, which investigates the origin of most words in the Catalan language (9 volumes); the Onomasticon Cataloniae, documenting place and person names, old and new, in all the Catalan-speaking territories (8 volumes); and, with José Antonio Pascual, the Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, the most thorough etymological dictionary of Spanish extant today. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Coromines has received more than 37,460 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Coromines is the 104th most popular linguist (down from 98th in 2019), the 1,103rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,023rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Joan Coromines ranks 104 out of 214. Before him are Michael Halliday, Alexander Potebnja, Johannes Schmidt, Yuen Ren Chao, Đuro Daničić, and Teun A. van Dijk. After him are Matteo Bartoli, Igor M. Diakonoff, Daniel Jones, Heinrich Hübschmann, Nakahama Manjirō, and Georg Curtius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Joan Coromines ranks 177. Before him are Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Miliza Korjus, István Avar, Witness Lee, Helen Wills, and Gustav Wiederkehr. After him are Rodolfo Orlandini, Aris Velouchiotis, Aurelio González, Mildred Natwick, Conduelo Píriz, and Tommy Dorsey. Among people deceased in 1997, Joan Coromines ranks 142. Before him are Giorgio Strehler, Jan P. Syse, Seni Pramoj, Jarl Kulle, Béla Barényi, and Witness Lee. After him are William Martínez, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Georges Marchal, Aurelio González, Andrew Cunanan, and Ella Maillart.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joan Coromines ranks 1,103 out of 3,355. Before him are Pasqual Maragall (1941), Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada (1170), Francisco Álvarez Martínez (1925), Nicanor Zabaleta (1907), Enrique Collar (1934), and Ricardo María Carles Gordó (1926). After him are Pedro Arico Suárez (1908), Ángel Sanz Briz (1910), Carmen Laforet (1921), José Manuel Pinto (1975), Seve Ballesteros (1957), and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (-135).

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Among LINGUISTS In Spain

Among linguists born in Spain, Joan Coromines ranks 3. Before him are Pompeu Fabra (1868), and Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869). After him are Germà Colón (1928), Martí de Riquer i Morera (1914), and Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (1922).

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