Vjačeslav Vsevolodovič Ivanov – Blažek Václav (2020)

Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov (August 21, 1929 – October 7, 2017) The publication presents the life and work of one of the prominent linguists of the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. V. V. Ivanov belonged to the generation of Russian/Soviet linguists [...], who significantly influenced diachronic linguistic disciplines in the areas that were crucial for individual scholars, covering a very broad range from ethnolinguistics to Indo-European comparative linguistics, Slavic etymology, and typology of languages and cultural anthropology. [...] V. Blažek managed to create a portrait of an outstanding scientist set against a wide cultural-historical and political context, and in the context of the work of many other renowned linguists. He presents him not only as a well-educated, literarily active person, an excellent educator, [...] but above all as a world-renowned linguist with an incredibly broad scope. Last but not least, he is also portrayed as a socially engaged person with a sense of truth. The author has compiled a complete bibliography of Ivanov, consisting of 1,260 items. [...] Additionally, he created a statistical bibliographic overview according to thematic areas. This clearly illustrates all areas of linguistic research in which Ivanov...