Maxim Cronhaus is an outstanding personality of modern linguistics

Anyone who is more or less interested in the state of such a science as linguistics, and not indifferent to the Russian language, the name of Maxim Cronhaus is familiar. Many read his books or articles, watched lectures. So who is Maxim Grongauz? The professor's biography, his scientific works and the point of view of modern linguistics are described in detail in this article.

Formation of Cronhaus as a linguist

Cronhaus Maxim Anisimovich was born on March 11, 1958 in Moscow, in the family of Soviet poet Anisim Kroongauz. He graduated from the philological faculty of Moscow State University in 1980, and in 1984 graduated from the graduate school of the University, graduating from the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. At the moment is a doctor of philological sciences.

After graduating from the postgraduate course, Cronhaus worked in the publishing house "Soviet Encyclopedia", holding the post of scientific editor. During this time he played not the least role in the compilation and creation of the "Linguistic Encyclopaedic Dictionary", whose authors were able to systematize the entire terminology of Russian linguistics.

After leaving the publishing house, the linguist was a research fellow at the Computer Linguistics Laboratory at the Institute for Information Transmission Problems. In 1991 he went to Prague Summer School to listen to a course in computer linguistics, a direction that was only beginning to gain popularity.

Cronhaus and RGGU

In 1990, Cronhaus took the place of a senior lecturer at the Russian Language and Literature Department at the Moscow State Historical and Archival Institute, which would later become the famous RSUH. In 1996 he took up the post of the head of the department, and in the same year Maxim Krongauz left for the city of Goettingen, where he studied at the Goethe Institute.

In 1999, Cronhaus becomes a professor at the department, where he has been working for almost ten years. And by 2000 he was the director of the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian State University for the Humanities, in the creation of which he took an active part. Quite soon the institute becomes one of the largest centers for studying the problems of linguistics in the whole of Russia. From 2003 to 2005, Cronhaus worked as an accredited professor at Stendhal University, located in Grenoble.

In 2013, Maxim Anisimovich left his post as director, remaining only in teaching positions. He continues to read courses such as "Introduction to Linguistics", "Lexicography", "Semantics".

Career development

After retiring from the post of director in 2013, Cronhaus took up the post of head of the sociolinguistics center of the School of Contemporary Humanitarian Studies at the Presidential Academy, where he still works. In 2015 he became the head of the laboratory of linguistic conflictology at the Higher School of Economics.

He published many books in which he repeatedly raised the problem of the development of the modern Russian language, often appears on television screens, is the author of the video lecture course. He is a laureate of the "Enlightenment" prize, a columnist of several printed and online publications.

Maxim Cronhaus is married and has two daughters.

"Self-taught Albany"

Maxim Anisimovich is the author of several textbooks on semantics, numerous publications in various publications. In addition, he was written several books that have become quite popular with the Russian reader. The book "The Self-Teacher of the Albany" touches on a rather pressing topic. With the development of the Internet, literacy of the population began to decline sharply, because now, in order to express their emotions, it is enough to send a picture. In this book we are talking just about how the language exists and develops on the World Wide Web. Electronic speech has undergone significant changes over the past decade, and the author tries to figure out where the new words come from, what they mean and how this new form of speech can affect the language. The publication contains a detailed analysis of the emergence of a new language environment, its specific features. As the author himself says, this book is about the language on the Internet. Well, the title "Self-taught Albany" - this is only a reference to the popular online jargon, circulated about 15 years ago.

"Russian language on the verge of a nervous breakdown"

The basis of this edition was a lot of articles and essays released Cronhaus. Collected and revised articles and included in the book, supplemented by selected comments of the author and readers. First of all, the book deals with erasing the norms of grammar, orthography, orthoepia and punctuation and their connection with the development of society. Maxim Cronhaus optimistic about the future and does not believe that innovations spoil the language, kill him. Rather, on the contrary, unnecessary panic is not justified, ahead of native speech only development awaits.

A special advantage of the book is that it is written in a very simple language, understandable to any person who is not a philologist or linguist. The publication was published in 2008, and in 2011 it was republished with additions and already under a new title. The revised book was called "The Russian Language on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown of 3D", a CD containing the author's lectures that did not duplicate what was written in the book was included in the package.

Linguist-popularizer

Now you are familiar with both the biography and the author's books. Krongauz Maxim Anisimovich is one of the most outstanding contemporary linguistic scientists. He played a significant role in the propaganda of the modern Russian language. It is the popularizer of the Russian language that Maxim Krongauz calls himself. The author's books diverge in huge editions, he is quite popular in the territory of the post-Soviet space, as he delivers information in an easy form. The basic position of a philologist is that the development of the Russian language is inevitable, and it is sometimes more important to be able to express your thoughts clearly and expressively in words than to have absolute literacy in writing.