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Romanian linguist, dialectologist and Slavist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emil Petrovici (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈmil ˈpetrovitʃʲ] ; 1899–1968) was a Romanian linguist, dialectologist and Slavist. He studied both Romanian and Serbian languages. His studies included Romanian phonology, and Romanian, Serbian, and other Slavic dialectology.[citation needed]
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Petrovici was born in the village of Torak (former Begejci), at the time part of Austria-Hungary, now in northern Serbia.[citation needed]
From 1949 to 1954, Petrovici worked on literary and cultural problems of Transylvania and collaborated on several journals published in Cluj. He was honored with membership in several scientific academies and societies, and was honored with various titles such as Om de știință emerit ("Emeritus scientist") and Premiul de stat ("The State Prize"). He died in the Bucerdea train collision in 1968.[citation needed]
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Among his many books were: