Wiktor Jassem
| Wiktor Jassem | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
June 11, 1922 Kraków, Poland |
| Died | January 7, 2016 (aged 93) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation | Phonetician |
| Notable work | Fonetyka języka angielskiego |
Wiktor Jassem (June 11, 1922[1] – January 7, 2016[2]) was a Polish phonetician, philologist, linguist, technical sciences professor, and honourable member of Polish Phonetic Association. He was specialised in acoustic phonetics and did research works on the production of sounds and the processes of understanding of the speech. [3][4][5]
Biography
Wiktor Jassem was born on June 11, 1992 in Kraków. During the World War II he took part in underground education – as a student since he studied English and German languages, yet also as a professor of English language. He started his academic career at University of Wrocław in the lat 1940s, where he was a lecturer of English phonetics. In 1952, he moved out and began teaching at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Until 1968, he worked in the Faculty of Languages and Literatures (pol. Wydział Filologii) where, in 1966-68, he was the director of the Phonetics Department.
In 1968, during the Polish political crisis, he was suspended by the PZPR works council and then dismissed from the University for refusing to read the "anti-Zionist" letter.
He then worked at Polish Academy of Sciences in Poznań, where in 1974, as part of the Institute of Fundamental Problems of Technology of the Faculty of Technical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, he created the Independent Laboratory of Acoustic Fonetics. In 1976, he rejoined to PZPR. In 1978, he received the title of professor of technical sciences.
In his life, he wrote over 200 academic publication, mostly on phonetics, Polish and English phonetics. For over 50 years, he sat on the board of Permanent Council of International Phonetic Association.
He died on January 7, 2016 at the age of 93. He was buried in the Junikowo Cemetery in Poznań
Personal life
He was a father of Krzysztof Jassem oraz Dorota Glowacka (née Jassem).
Selected publications
- Intonation of Colloquial English, Travaux de la Société des Sciences et des Lettres de Wroclaw, 1951
- Fonetyka języka angielskiego, Warszawa : Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1954
- Podręcznik wymowy angielskiej, Warszawa : Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1962
- The Phonology of Modern English, Warszawa : Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1983, 1987
- Exercises in English Pronunciation, Warszawa : Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1995
References
- ↑ Mackiewicz, Lubomir; Żołna, Anna (1993). Kto jest kim w Polsce : informator biograficzny (3. edycja. ed.). Warszawa: Wydawn. Interpress. ISBN 83-223-2644-0.
- ↑ "Wiktor Jassem, cała Polska, 18.01.2016 - pozostałe". nekrologi.wyborcza.pl. Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ↑ Dafydd Gibbon, Daniel Hirst & Nick Campbell (Eds.), Rhythm, melody and harmony in speech: Studies in honour of Wiktor Jassem [Speech and Language Technology, 14/15] (pp. 117-127). Poznań: Polskie Towarzystwo Fonetyczne, 2012.
- ↑ Hirst, Daniel (2 August 2012). "A tribute to Wiktor Jassem on the occasion of his 90th birthday". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 42 (02): 246–250. doi:10.1017/S0025100312000126.
- ↑ Beňuš, Štefan (20 July 2015). "DAFYDD GIBBON, DANIEL HIRST & NICK CAMPBELL (eds.), Rhythm, melody and harmony in speech: Studies in honour of Wiktor Jassem. Special issue of Speech and Language Technology 14/15. Poznań: Polskie Towarzystwo Fonetyczne, 2012. Pp. 246. ISSN 1895-0434". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 45 (02): 177–180. doi:10.1017/S0025100315000092. Retrieved 23 July 2018.