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Manuel Alvar

Spanish dialectologist, romanist and hispanist (1923-2001) · Spain · On the map · Writers · Died at 78

Manuel Alvar was a Spanish linguist, historian, and university professor who specialized in the study of dialectology and philology of the Spanish language.

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2001Died13 August 20012000Honorary Doctorate of the University of ExtramaduraAward1999Honorary Doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran CanariaAward1994Honorary Doctorate of the University of MurciaAward1990Honorary Doctorate of the University of ValladolidAward1988Honorary Doctorate of the University of SalamancaAwardPremio AragónAward1985Honorary Doctor of the University of ValenciaAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of ZaragozaAward1984Honorary Doctorate of the University of GranadaAward1974Honorary Doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne UniversityAward1967Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the WiseAward1923Born8 July 1923

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Honorary Doctorate of the University of Extramadura2000

Honorary Doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria1999

Honorary Doctorate of the University of Murcia1994

Honorary Doctorate of the University of Valladolid1990

Honorary Doctorate of the University of Salamanca1988

Premio Aragón1988

Honorary Doctor of the University of Zaragoza1985

Honorary Doctor of the University of Valencia1985

Honorary Doctorate of the University of Granada1984

Honorary Doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University1974

Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise1967

Honorary Doctor of the University of Alicante

National Award of Essay

About this person

Throughout his career, Alvar oversaw and influenced the creation of many Spanish linguistic atlases; maps which recorded speech variations in a given geographical area. He served as Director of the Real Academia Española for four years and was a member of language academies throughout Europe and Latin America.

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