Simon Boyanus

Simon Charles Boyanus (Russian: Семён Карлович Боянус, romanized: Semyón Kárlovich Boyánus; 8 July 1871 – 19 July 1952[1]) was a Russian phonetician who worked in England.[2][3][4]

Simon Charles Boyanus
Семён Карлович Боянус
Born	Semyón Kárlovich Boyánus (1871-07-08)8 July 1871 Moscow, Russian Empire
Died	19 July 1952(1952-07-19) (aged 81) London, England
Nationality	Russian
Education	St. Petersburg University
Occupation	Phonetician
Employer	Leningrad State University School of Slavonic Studies of the University of London Boyanus School of Russian
Spouse(s)	Lilias Armstrong ​ ( m. 1926; died 1937)

Selected works

A more complete list of works can be found in Svetozarova (2018, pp. 484–486).

• Boyanus, S. K. (1926). Postanovka angliyskogo proiznosheniya Постановка английского произношения [Basics of English pronunciation] (in Russian). 1–2. Leningrad: Sovremennik.
• Myuller, B. K.; Boyanus, S. K. (1928). Anglo–russkiy slovar Англо-русский словарь [English–Russian dictionary] (in Russian). Moskva: Sovetskaya entsiklopediya.
• Boyanus, S. K.; Myuller, B. K. (1930). Russko–angliyiskiy slovar Русско–английский словарь [Russian–English dictionary] (in Russian). Moskva: Sovetskaya entsiklopediya.
• Boyanus, S. C. (1935). A Manual of Russian Pronunciation. London: Sidgwick and Jackson.
• Boyanus, S. C.; Jopson, N. H. (1939). Spoken Russian: A Practical Course. London: Sidgick and Jackson.
• Boyanus, S. C. (1943–1947). Conversational Narratives Illustrating Spoken Russian. 1–3. London: The Boyanus School of Russian.
• Boyanus, S. C. (1955). Russian Pronunciation. London: Lund Humphries.

Citations

1. Edel 2013, p. 98.
2. Asher 1994.
3. Jones 1952.
4. Partridge 1953.

References

• Asher, R. E. (1994). "Boyanus, Simon Charles (1871–1952)". In Asher, R. E. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. 1. Oxford: Pergamon. pp. 395–396. ISBN 0-08-035943-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Edel, Philippe (2013). "Contribution à la généalogie de la famille Bojanus" (PDF). Bulletin du Cercle Généalogique d'Alsace (in French). 182: 95–98. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Jones, Daniel (July–December 1952). "Simon Boyanus†". artiklə də fɔ̃. Le Maître Phonétique. 3rd Ser. 98: 20–22. JSTOR 44749279.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Partridge, Monica (1953). "Simon Boyanus: 1871–1952". The Slavonic and East European Review. 31 (77): 534–536. JSTOR 4204470.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Svetozarova, Natalia (2018). Этот таинственный Боянус [This mysterious Boyanus]. Acta Linguistica Petropolitana (in Russian). 14 (1): 464–486. doi:10.30842/alp2306573714116.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

• Jones, Daniel (2003) [1952]. "Simon Boyanus". In Collins, Beverly; Mees, Inger M. (eds.). Daniel Jones: Selected Works. Volume VII: Selected Papers. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-23343-9. [This reprint of Jones (1952) is in standard English orthography.]
• Svetozarova, Natalia D. (2019). Из истории отечественного языкознания: жизнь и труды С. К. Боянуса [On the History of Russian Linguistics: The Life and the Work of Simon Boyanus]. Russian Speech Русская речь (in Russian). 2: 119–128. doi:10.31857/S013161170004471-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-07-02.
• Unbegaun, Boris Ottokar (1953). "Semen Karlovič Boyanus". Nécrologie. Revue des études slaves (in French). 30: 328. JSTOR 43295144.