MICHAELA MARTINKOVÁ, MARKÉTA JANEBOVÁ,
JAROSLAV MACHÁČEK AND IRENA PAUKOVÁ (EDS),
IVAN POLDAUF: COLLECTED WORKS, VOLUME I(1940–1960)
Olomouc: Palacký Uni e si y in Olomouc, 2016.
The monog aph, o ming he i h olume o he Olomouc Mode n Language Mono-
g aphs se ies, is he i s olume o aplanned h ee- olume collec ion o w i ingso
I an Poldau (1915–1984), p epa ed by ag oup o linguis s om he Depa men
o English and Ame ican S udies, Facul y o A s, Palacký Uni e si y in Olomouc.
Fi s and o emos i mus be s a ed ha he edi o s o he olume dese e ull
c edi o sa is ying he long- el need o acollec ion o ep esen a i e scien i ic
w i ings o I an Poldau , one o he key igu es o Czech linguis ics. The collec ion
may also be seen as a ibu e o he ounde o he Olomouc English Depa men , who
educa ed anumbe o ollowe s, some o whom ha e been ac i e in he depa men
up o he p esen day.
I mus be added a he same ime ha he p epa a ion o he edi ion o Poldau ’s
w i ings is he con inua ion and culmina ion o along- e m in e es in and de elop-
men o his schola ly he i age. I was p eceded by he publica ion, in 2014, o acol-
lec i e monog aph edi ed by Michaela Ma inko á, Ma ké a Janebo á and Ja osla
Macháček (Ca ego ies and Ca ego ial Changes: The Thi d Syn ac ical Plan and Beyond,
published by Palacký Uni e si y in Olomouc), sys ema ically building on Poldau ’s
wo k on linguis ic ca ego iza ion, which was, as explica ed by Ma inko á in he In-
oduc ion, a heme cen al o his esea ch. The Olomouc Anglicis s also inco po a ed
acou se on Poldau ’s w i ings, augh by P o esso Ja osla Macháček, in o hei
doc o al s udies p og amme in he sp ing semes e in 2013, and dedica ed o him
he wo kshop “Use o Pa allel Co po a: Resea ch and Applica ions” a The Olomouc
Linguis ics Colloquium (Olinco), an in e na ional biannual gene al linguis ics con-
e ence, held in June, 2016. Las bu no leas , an in e na ional symposium celeb a ing
he hund ed h anni e sa y o English s udies a Cha les Uni e si y in P ague (en i-
led “ACen ena y o English S udies a Cha les Uni e si y: om Ma hesius o P es-
en -day Linguis ics”), con ened in May, 2012, by he Depa men o English Language
and ELT Me hodology, included h ee lec u es, namely, by Ja mila Tá nyiko á (o
Palacký Uni e si y, Olomouc), Aleš Klég (o Cha les Uni e si y, P ague) and Gab iela
B ůho á (o Cha les Uni e si y, P ague), ecalling Poldau ’s ou s anding con ibu ion
o gene al linguis ics, lexicog aphy and seman ico-syn ac ic heo y, espec i ely. The
la e wo lec u es hen appea ed in he collec i e monog aph ACen ena y o English
S udies a Cha les Uni e si y: F om Ma hesius o P esen -day Linguis ics (2012), edi ed
by Ma ké a Malá and Pa lína Šaldo á and published by he Facul y o A s, Cha les
Uni e si y in P ague. Ve y ecen ly, he P ague Anglicis Ka eřina Vašků ecollec ed
Poldau ’s excep ionally signi ican ole in he g ow h o Czech Anglicis s udies in
he po ai “I an Poldau — zpomínka na sla nou dobu” [I an Poldau — Recol-
lec ion o a amous e a], published in Časopis p o mode ní ilologii [Jou nal o Mode n
Philology] on he occasion o he hund ed h anni e sa y o his bi h.
I an Poldau was an eminen schola . His wo k is e y b oad in scope, anging
om linguis ics and lexicog aphy o he me hodology o o eign language eaching,
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ex ao dina ily p oli ic in ou pu and o he highes quali y. His w i ings a e ma ked
by adep h o insigh in o he p oblems s udied, minu eness o analysis and p ecision
in hough and o mula ion. Poldau was one o Czechoslo ak g ea es linguis s, well-
known also ab oad and in many espec s ahead o his ime. His scien i ic w i ings a e
aluable and inspi ing no only o he solu ions o e ed bu also o he manne o
hough and a gumen a ion.
Poldau ’s w i ings appea ed in a a ie y o domes ic and o eign publica ions and
some o hem a e no easily accessible. The edi o s ha e d awn on he bibliog aphy o
his wo ks compiled by Jiří Nosek, published in 1975, and on he supplemen o he bib-
liog aphy, compiled by Nosek a e Poldau ’s dea h and published in 1984. The edi o s
ha e p epa ed o publica ion Poldau ’s linguis ic w i ings, lexicog aphic w i ings
ha ing ele ance o linguis ic esea ch and w i ings including his e lec ions on he
s a e and objec i es o linguis ic esea ch. No included a e w i ings on he me hod-
ology o o eign language eaching as well as all he o he w i ings published in he
jou nal Cizí jazyky e škole [Fo eign Languages a School], all o which ep esen a ield
o i s own and would equi e asepa a e olume. No included a e also e iews and
sho e no es on w i ings o o he au ho s.
The p esen olume (and no doub he o he wo olumes unde p epa a ion) will
se e as an in aluable sou ce o knowledge and inspi a ion no only o Anglicis s,
Bohemicis s, con as i e linguis s and gene al linguis s, bu also o lexicog aphe s
and ansla o s. I con ains se en een pape s w i en in Czech, published be ween
1940 and 1960. (Asucceeding olume will co e subsequen yea s, up o 1977. The
hi d olume will comp ise wo ks w i en in English, published be ween 1956 and
1984.) The olume b ings oge he pape s explo ing a ious aspec s o he Czech and
English languages (including syn ax, seman ics, mo phology and wo d o ma ion) as
well as con as i e pape s and apape on he s a e and objec i es o Czech linguis ic
esea ch in o Wes e n Eu opean languages.
The olume opens wi h an in oduc o y chap e by Michaela Ma inko á and
Ma ké a Janebo á, who cha ac e ize Poldau ’s schola ly achie emen s and his un-
damen al ole in es ablishing English s udies a Olomouc Uni e si y. They also lay ou
he p inciples o p esen ing he ma e ial, desc ibe he edi o ial wo k unde aken and
explain hei edi o ial s a egy. The in oduc o y chap e is ollowed by acommemo-
a i e a icle by Ja osla Macháček, Poldau ’s pupil and one o ou leading linguis s.
Macháček no only cha ac e izes, in acogen and pe spicacious way, he mos cha -
ac e is ic ai s o Poldau ’s esea ch wo k bu also p o ides an engaging pe sonal
ecollec ion o ap ominen eache and colleague.
The p epa a ion o an edi ion o such cha ac e and scope necessi a es high ex-
pe ise, linguis ic e udi ion and knowledge o edi o ial wo k, and is e y ime de-
manding. The edi o ial eam ha e succeeded well and ha e p epa ed aconcep ually
well- hough -ou olume, no only wi h ega d o he selec ion o pape s ( easons
why ce ain ex s a e no included a e expounded in he in oduc o y chap e ) and
hei a angemen bu also wi h ega d o gene al edi o ial s a egy. In iew o he
in icacies in ol ed in Poldau ’s e y dis inc i e au ho ial s yle o w i ing, he edi-
o s decided no o ansla e Czech-w i en pape s in o English in o de o p o ide
he linguis ic audience wi h o iginal ex s.
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The edi o s ha e applied an app op ia e and consis en way o edi ing. The edi o-
ial wo k was especially demanding due o he ac ha Poldau ’s w i ings appea ed
o e a ela i ely long ime span (nea ly 45 yea s). The pape s a e edi ed consis en ly
and accu a ely; he edi o ial sec ion o he book p o ides ame iculous lis o all edi o-
ial co ec ions and amendmen s. In addi ion o his, all he pape s a e p o ided wi h
indica ions (in squa e b acke s) o he pagina ion o hei o iginal edi ions bo h in
he ex s hemsel es and in he lis o edi o ial co ec ions, which subs an ially adds
o he use ulness and eliabili y o he book. The olume ends wi h an au ho index
and an in e es ing selec ion o pho os o Poldau .
I can only be s a ed ha he edi o s ha e pe o med asignal se ice in making
a ailable, in e y con enien and eliable o m, acollec ion o ep esen a i e w i -
ings o one o Czech o emos linguis s, I an Poldau . The collec ion will u he s im-
ula e in e es in his wo k and widen he in luence o his hough . Poldau ’s wo k will
hus con inue o p o ide knowledge and sus aining inspi a ion o all in e es ed in he
s udy o language.
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Naděžda Kud náčo á
Depa men o English and Ame ican S udies
Facul y o A s, Masa yk Uni e si y, B no
A na No áka 1, 602 00 B no
[email p o ec ed].cz