Reinhold Olesch (September 24, 1910 in
Kattowitz
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(
Upper Silesia
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) – June 23, 1990 in
Cologne
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) was a
linguist
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,
Slavic studies
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Professor of
University of Vienna
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. He researched the
Slavonic dialects of Upper Silesia, which he recognized as his mother tongue.
He published several works about them, including: "''Die slawischen Dialekte Oberschlesiens''" (Slavonic dialects of Upper Silesia) and "''Beiträge zur oberschlesischen Dialektforschung – Die Mundart der Kobylorze''".
References
* [Joanna Rostropowicz: Śląski był jego językiem ojczystym einhold Olesch, 1910-1990in: Śląsk bogaty różnorodnością - kultur, narodów i wyznań. Historia lokalna na przykładzie wybranych powiatów, miast i gmin (ed. Krzysztof Kluczniok, Tomasz Zając), Urząd Gm. i M. Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Poland, Dom Współpracy Pol.-Niem., Czerwionka-Leszczyny 2004, ]
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1910 births
1990 deaths
People from Katowice
Linguists from Germany
People from the Province of Silesia
Linguists of Silesian
20th-century linguists