Bojan Čop

Bojan Čop
Born	(1923-05-23)May 23, 1923 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Died	August 3, 1994(1994-08-03) (aged 71) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Ljubljana (PhD)
Academic work
Discipline	Linguist
Sub-discipline	Comparative linguistics
Institutions	University of Ljubljana

Bojan Čop (May 23, 1923 – August 3, 1994) was a Slovene linguist.

Life and work

Čop was born in Ljubljana.^[1][2] He became an assistant instructor at the University of Ljubljana's Department of Comparative and General Linguistics in 1949.^[2] After the retirement of Karel Oštir in 1959, Čop took over responsibility for lectures in comparative Indo-European grammar with an emphasis on modern trends such as the laryngeal theory, Indo-European dialectology, and Indo-European antiquity. In 1966 Čop became the head of the university's Department of Comparative Linguistics and Eastern Studies. After 1970 he also lectured on the Indo-Uralic theory. Čop received his PhD in 1971 from the University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Arts.^[1][2] He was made a full professor in 1972. Čop was made a full member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1976.^[1][2] He retired due to illness in 1990, and died in Ljubljana in 1994.^[2][3]

Čop's research initially focused on Indo-European etymology, especially Greek, but he soon turned his attention to ancient languages of Asia Minor.^[1] He authored several studies on grammatical and dialectology issues in Indo-European languages. Čop helped establish new directions in comparative linguistics and made significant contributions to the development of the discipline.^[1]

Legacy

Čop's law, which describes the sound change *é.C₁ > aC₁.C₁ in Luwian, is named after Čop.^[4][5]

References

1. Cvetko-Orešnik, Varja (1988). "Bojan Čop". Enciklopedija Slovenije. Vol. 2. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. p. 143.
2. Snoj, Marko. "Bojan Čop". Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
3. "Umrl je akademik prof. dr. Bojan Čop". STA. August 3, 1994. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
4. Melchert, H. Craig (2015). "Hittite Historical Phonology after 100 Years (and after 20 Years)". Hrozny and Hittite: The First Hundred Years (PDF). Retrieved May 8, 2019.
5. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2006). "Čop's Law in Luwian Revisited" (PDF). Die Sprache. 41 (2): 131–136. Retrieved May 8, 2019.