Jože Toporišič, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jože Toporišič

Slovene linguist

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1926

Place of Birth: Mostec, Slovenia

Date of Death: 09-Dec-2014

Profession: linguist, slavicist

Nationality: Slovenia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Jože Toporišic (Slovene pronunciation: ['jó??? t?p?'?ì??it?]; October 11, 1926 – December 9, 2014) was a Slovene linguist.
He was the author of the most influential Slovene scientific grammar of the second half of the 20th century, a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and coauthor of the Academy's Slovene Normative Guide (Slovene: Slovenski pravopis).
In this position, he transformed the linguistic section of the academy into the central regulatory authority for codification of Slovene.