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36: 210: 93: 437:, which first published Goropius's works in 1569, printed the linguist-physician’s posthumous collected work in 1580 as a massive volume of more than a thousand pages. Goropius's work was met with a mixture of ridicule and admiration. Goropius is considered to have given Dutch linguistics, and Gothic philology in general, a bad name. Though Goropius had admirers (among them 640:
Latin & French Philosophical Works of the Late Mr. De Leibniz. Taken from His Manuscripts which are Preserved in the Royal Library in Hanover, and Published by Mr. Rud Eric Raspe. With a Preface by Mr. Kaestner , Professor of Mathematics in
481:, meaning "a discredited hypothesis, similar to the one originally propounded by Goropius, that some attested or modern language was the original language of human beings" and "an absurd etymology proposed as part of such a hypothesis". 406:(1569), a treatise describing the antiquities of Antwerp, Goropius reports various curiosities, among them that a youth almost nine feet tall and a woman about ten feet tall lived near his home. He also reports that 330:. Goropius believed that the most ancient language on Earth would be the simplest language, and that the simplest language would contain mostly short words. Since Brabantic has a higher number of short words than do 399:
In spite of his extensive travels in Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Britain, Goropius remained attached to his homeland, and reported on various curiosities and customs from his native region. In his
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Oeuvres philosophiques latines & françoises de feu Mr. De Leibnitz. Tirées de ses manuscrits qui se conservent dans la Bibliotheque Royale a Hanovre, et publiées par Mr.
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A corollary of this theory was that all languages derived ultimately from Brabantic. For example, Goropius derived the Latin word for "oak",
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Van Hal, T., “Moedertalen en taalmoeders”. Het vroegmoderne taalvergelijkende onderzoek in de Lage Landen, Brussels, 2010, 77-140.
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n general l'on ne doit donner aucune creance aux etymologies que lorsqu'il y a quantité d'indices concourans: autrement c'eſt
703: 671:? What does that mean? / THEOPH. It is because of the strange and often ridiculous etymologies of Goropius Becanus, ] 718: 459: 260: 79: 57: 50: 698: 661:? Que veut dire cela? / THEOPH. C'est que les Etymologies etranges & ſouvent ridicules de Goropius Becanus, 587: 256: 283:
in 1554. Here, free of courtly intrigues, Goropius dedicated what time he could completely to languages and
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Souvenirs de Babel. La reconstruction de l’histoire des langues de la Renaissance aux Lumières
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discounted Goropius's linguistic theories. "Never have I read greater nonsense," the scholar
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La linguistique et l'appel de l'histoire. Rationalisme et révolutions positivistes
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had been a friend of Goropius's and the Antwerp-based printing house known as the
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wrote of Goropius's etymologies. Goropius has lent his name to the English word
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Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519-1573). Brabant doctor and language fanatic
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that bore a statue which had been furnished with a large worn away
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Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519-1573). Brabants arts en taalfanaat
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Church of the friars minor, where his epitaph can still be seen
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Hermathena. Master's Thesis, University of Kansas, 1989.
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Naborn, R. A., 'Becanus' Etymological Methods', in:
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Goropius also believed that 301: 240:based on the name of his birthplace, 193:; 23 June 1519 – 28 June 1573), born 244:being rendered from "Van Gorp"' and 29: 306:Goropius theorized that Antwerpian 24: 49:it lacks sufficient corresponding 25: 735: 463:; written 1704, published 1765). 460:New Essays on Human Understanding 314:spoken in the region between the 294:, where he was buried in the old 105: 34: 714:Old University of Leuven alumni 709:Linguists from the Netherlands 13: 1: 609: 604:(in Latin). pp. 190–192. 248:referring to "Hilvarenbeek." 7: 704:Dutch Renaissance humanists 634:Rud[olf] Eric Raspe 484: 361:were Brabantic names (from 10: 740: 547:, Bruxelles, ARLLFB, 2007. 496: 310:, a particular dialect of 447:Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 425: 101:Johannes Goropius Becanus 96:Johannes Goropius Becanus 719:People from Hilvarenbeek 491:Indo-European languages 449:coined the French word 389:represented Brabantic. 381:. 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/jˈhɑːnɪsɡəˈrpiəsbəˈknəs/
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Gorp
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Hilvarenbeek
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Leuven
Charles V
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Eleanor of Austria
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