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His most important work is the Czech–German dictionary in five volumes (1834–39). In this dictionary, he laid out the basis for the modern Czech vocabulary. In order to achieve the stylistic range of vocabulary he desired, for poetic effect, and in order to expand the lexical resources of Czech,
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descent and his mother was of Czech descent. The children grew up speaking both languages at home, which contributed heavily to Jungmann's later role as a revivalist of the Czech language. In his youth, he wanted to become a
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texts, most notably the "Talks on Czech Language". In 1820, he published "Slovesnost", which was a kind of a stylistic textbook. In 1825, a "History of Czech literature" followed.
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Historie literatury české aneb Soustavný přehled spisů českých, s krátkou historií národu, osvícení a jazyka, 1825
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by Milton was called by Derek Sayer "the cornerstone" of the modern literary Czech language. Jungmann's original
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Jungmann was a rigorous advocate of the rebirth of the written Czech language. In contrast to his teacher,
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Jungmann revived archaic words, for which he studied historical documents, or borrowed from other
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in 1817; he was the dean of the Faculty of Arts in 1827 and 1838. In 1840, he became the
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Julius Dolanský: Jungmannův odkaz (Z dějin české slovesnosti), Prague 1948
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Jungmann was the sixth child (out of ten) of a cobbler. His father was of
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Slovesnost aneb Sbírka příkladů s krátkým pojednáním o slohu, 1820
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Jungmannova Street and Jungmannovo náměstí (Jungmann's Square) in
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as a Czech professor. He earned a doctorate in Philosophy and
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and Law. Beginning in 1799, he started teaching at the local
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This article is about the poet. For the Olympic fencer, see
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Slovo ke statečnému a blahovzdělanému Bohemariusovi, 1814
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Josef Jungmann (fencer)
Josef Jungmann (theologian)
Josef Andreas Jungmann

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