Гіядор Стрипський в історії українського мовознавства на Закарпатті

Abstract

У статті окреслено місце Гіядора Стрипського в історії українського мовознавства на те- ренах Закарпаття. Схарактеризовано внесок Г.Стрипського у становлення ряду напрямків мовознавчих до- сліджень. Зактуалізовано значення результатів наукової діяльності вченого для подальших мовознавчих студій.

The purpose of the article is to summarize the known facts about the life and activity of Hiyador Strypskyi (1875–1946), the Ukrainian and Hungarian scientist, known in scientific circles primarily in connection with powerful folklore, ethnography, translation, publishing, editorial, literary, public activity. In difficult social circumstances, he made a significant contribution to the study of culture, history, language, literature, folk art of Transcarpathia, earning a well-deserved recognition of his work in academia. H. Strypskyi’s work in the history of the formation of linguistic studies in Transcarpathia, especially in onomastics, dialectology, history of language, monuments, lexicography, in reforming the spelling system, which makes it possible to determine the proper place of a scientist in the history of linguistics. We see the relevance of the article in the absence of a comprehensive study of linguistic scientific developments H. Strypskyi. The subject of the article is the activity of H. Strypskyi, aimed at the establishment of scientific studies in linguistic fields in Transcarpathia in the late XIX – early XX centuries. The tasks were to summarize the experience of scientific study of the heritage, in particular, linguistics, H. Strypskyi, to thoroughly analyze his studies and make an attempt to outline the circle of linguistic interests of the scientist. An attempt was made to present the scientific achievements of this extraordinary personality against the background of socio-political conditions in Transcarpathia in the late XIX – early XX centuries. The contribution of H. Strypskyi to the formation of a number of areas of linguistic research is determined: dialectology and onomastics, history of language, lexicology, lexicography, spelling issues, and the significance of the results of scientific activity of a scientist for further linguistic studies is updated.