Luís Filipe Lindley Sintra ( port. Luís Filipe Lindley Cintra , March 5, 1925 , Esparis (or Lisbon ?), Portugal - August 18, 1991 , Sesimbra (or Lisbon?), Portugal) - Portuguese philologist - novelist the second half of the XX century , specialized in various fields of Portuguese studies and Portuguese literature of the Middle Ages . Professor and Honorary Doctor of the University of Lisbon . He gained authority in scientific circles as the author of the four-volume critical edition of the General Chronicle of Spain in 1344 (1951-1990) and co-author of the New Grammar of the Modern Portuguese Language ( Nova gramática do português contemporâneo , 1984).
| Luis Filipe Lindley Sintra | |
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| Luís Filipe Lindley Cintra | |
| Date of Birth | March 5, 1925 |
| Place of Birth | Esparish , Tabua , Portugal |
| Date of death | August 18, 1991 (66 years old) |
| Place of death | Sesimbra , Portugal |
| A country |  Portugal |
| Scientific field | romance philology |
| Place of work | University of Lisbon |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
| Academic degree | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philology |
| Known as | compiled by Nova gramática do português contemporâneo |
| Awards and prizes |  |
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Biography
While the dates of Lindley Sintra's birth and death are not in doubt, there are inconsistencies in indicating their places. According to one source, an outstanding Portuguese scientist was born in Lisbon and died in Sesimbra [1] . According to Ivo Castro , I was born in Esparis and died in Lisbon [2] . In the updated version of Sintra's biography, the places of birth and death are not indicated [3] .
On the father’s side, Luis Filipe Lindley Sintra's grandfather was Portuguese, his grandmother was a Frenchwoman named Delesque; on the maternal side, his grandfather was an Englishman of noble descent from Kent, and his grandmother was from the Spanish part of the Basque country . Lindley inherited the English surname from his mother. Among the children of the family, Luis was the first-born and had two younger sisters: Mary and Elizabeth.
After the successful completion of the Lyceum Camoes ( Liceu Camões ) [1] he entered the University of Lisbon, where in 1946 he defended his dissertation on the degree of licensed Roman philology on the topic “Rhythm in Poetry of António Nobre ” ( 3) . After that, he was awarded a scholarship for a trip to Spain , where he spent 3 years of scientific work under the guidance of Ramon Menendez Pidal [1] . In 1950 he was invited as an assistant to the Faculty of Philology at the University of Lisbon, where in 1952 he defended his dissertation on the 1st volume of the critical edition of the Spanish General Chronicle of 1344 published in 1951 on the Portuguese manuscript L , receiving a Ph.D. philology [3] .
In 1959, he defended his third dissertation on the language of local laws from the castle of Rodrigue ( A Linguagem dos Foros de Castelo Rodrigo ). All the time before passing away, Lindley Sintra spent his scientific and teaching activities at the University of Lisbon - first as an assistant (1950-1960), then as a professor (1960-1962) and head of the department (from 1962 until his death) [3] .
Contribution to Portuguese
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| [1] Luis Filipe Lindley Sintra among Honorary Doctors at the University of Lisbon in January 1974 (3rd from left, 2nd row) [4] | |
His research, organizational and teaching activities gained fame as an outstanding philologist and novelist [1] [3] . At first, the literature of the Middle Ages was included in the circle of scientific interests, but in the process of research, the philologist could not get past the linguistic problems of the Portuguese language , became interested in its dialectology prevalence in the modern world. He was part of a group of linguists collecting materials for the “Linguistic Atlas of the Iberian Peninsula” ( Atlas Linguístico da Península Ibérica ), with which he worked “in the field” in the provinces of Portugal in 1953-1954 [3] . While studying the history of the Portuguese language in the 1960s, he proposed a new classification of Galician-Portuguese dialects [3] . The latter entailed the development of the “New Grammar of the Modern Portuguese Language” (1984) in close collaboration with the Brazilian philologist Celso Cunha, which fixed a common norm for both European, Brazilian and African versions. This collaboration is considered one of the main scientific achievements of Sintra. A year later, also in collaboration with Celso Cunha, A Brief Grammar of the Modern Portuguese Language was published (1985). Subsequently, this led the scientist to participate in the project to develop a new updated spelling of the Portuguese language .
For over 20 years, he led the Center for Philological Studies ( Centro de Estudos Filológicos , current name Linguistic Center of the University of Lisbon ( Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa )). He was the editor-in-chief of scientific journals: published by the Center for Philological Studies Boletim de Filologia , as well as a new series of the journal Revista Lusitana . Since the early 1970s, he led the project on compiling the “Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Portugal and Galicia” ( Atlas Linguístico e Etnográfico de Portugal e da Galiza ) [1] . He became the organizer of international linguistic congresses and the founder of the Department of General Linguistics and Romance Philology at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Lisbon ( Departamento de Linguística Geral e Românica da FLUL ) [3] .
The bibliography of works (dissertations, studies, critical publications, articles, reviews, introductions and unpublished works) cited by the Portuguese philologist Yves Castro in a brief biography of Lindley Sintra includes 84 titles [3] .
Awards and titles
He was elected a member of 4 academies: the Spanish Academy of History ( Academia Espanhola de História , 1955), the Barcelona Academy of Literature ( Academia de Buenas Letras de Barcelona , 1956), the Portuguese Academy of History ( Academia Portuguesa da História , 1962), the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (1964) [1] .
In honor of the novelist, the Lindley Sintra International Linguistics Award , established by the Portuguese Language Society ( Sociedade de Língua Portuguesa ), which was awarded from 1981 to 2006 by Portuguese and foreign scholars for achievements in learning the Portuguese language, is named. In 1983, when awarding the Order of Liberty, he received the rank of Commander (ComL), and in 1988 he was awarded the Order of Public Education in the degree of Cavalier of the Great Cross (GCIP) [5] .
In 1990, after the publication of the 4th and final volume of the critical edition of the General Chronicle of Spain in 1344, the Portuguese Association of Literary Critics ( Associação Portuguesa dos Críticos Literários ) awarded the author a [6] .
Selected Works
- Crónica geral de Espanha de 1344 : 3 vol. / Ed. crítica do texto português por Luís Filipe Lindley Cintra. - facsimile. - Lisboa: Academia Portuguesa da História, 1951-1961. The 4th volume was published in 1990.
- A Linguagem dos Foros de Castelo Rodrigo. Seu confronto com a dos Foros de Alfaiates, Castelo Bom, Castelo Melhor, Coria, Cáceres e Usagre. Contribuição para o estudo do leonês e do galego-português do século XIII. - Lisboa: Centro de Estudos Filológicos, 1959. - CXIX, 595 p.
- Crónica Geral de Espanha de 1344: A lenda do Rei Rodrigo / Introdução, notas e glossário de Luís Filipe Lindley Cintra. - Lisboa: Verbo, 1964 .-- 93 p.
- Estudos de Dialectologia Portuguesa. - Lisboa: Sá da Costa Editora, 1983.- 216 p.
- Nova Gramática do Português Contemporâneo. Lisboa, Edições João Sá da Costa, 1984, XV + 734 págs. (Com Celso Cunha).
- Breve Gramática do Português Contemporâneo. Lisboa, Edições João Sá da Costa, 1985, IX + 486 págs. (Com Celso Cunha).
- Sobre o mais antigo texto não-literário português: A Notícia de Torto (leitura crítica, data, lugar de redacção e comentário linguístico (port.) // Boletim de Filologia. - Lisboa: Centro de Linguística da Universidade 198687 Lisbo . - Vol. XXXI . - P. 21-77 .
Family
- Wife - Maria Adelaide dos Reis Valle
- Son - Luis Miguel Sintra (b. 1949), actor and director
- Son - Denish
- Son - Manuel Valle Sintra
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 DGLAB .
- ↑ Castro I.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Castro II .
- ↑ Ficheiro: Doutoramentos-honoris-causa-06-01-1974-01.jpg unspecified . Memória da Universidade, Uma Enciclopédia do Ensino, Ciência e Cultura na História da Universidade de Lisboa. Date of appeal April 17, 2018.
- ↑ Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas. Luís Filipe Lindley Cintra (Port) Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas . Presidência da República Portuguesa. Date of appeal April 17, 2018.
- ↑ Prémio Jacinto do Prado Coelho. 1990 (port.) . Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas, DGLAB. Date of appeal April 17, 2018. (unavailable link)
Literature
- Castro, Ivo. Lindley Cintra (port.) . Centro Virtual Camões / Camões, IP Date of access April 17, 2018.
- Luís F. Lindley Cintra. Biografia (port.) . Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas, DGLAB. Date of appeal April 17, 2018. (unavailable link)
Links
- Castro, Ivo. Luís Filipe Lindley Cintra. Biografia (port.) . História da Língua Portuguesa . Camões - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua. Date of appeal April 17, 2018.