Gregorio Salvador
Gregorio Salvador Caja (11 July 1927 – 26 December 2020) was a Spanish linguist specialized in structural semantics. Salvador was born in Cúllar, Granada, and studied at the University of Granada and Complutense University. He was one of the most important disciples of Manuel Alvar.
Also recorded as Gregorio Salvador Caja
Gregorio Salvador

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- Name
- Gregorio Salvador Caja
- Born
- 11 July 1927
- Birthplace
- Cúllar (Granada), Spain
- Died
- 26 December 2020
- Place of death
- Madrid, Spain
- Education
- Ph.D.
- Occupation
- Linguist, author
- Nationality
- Spain
- Teachers
- Manuel Alvar
- Honours
- honorary doctorate of the University of La Laguna · honorary doctorate · Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise · Medal of Andalusia · honorary doctorate of the University of Granada · Mariano de Cavia' Price
- Languages
- Spanish
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Biography
Biography
He wrote for the Spanish newspaper ABC. Salvador was elected to Seat q of the Real Academia Española on 5 June 1986; he took up his seat on 15 February 1987. Salvador died in Madrid on 26 December 2020 at the age of 93.
Gregorio Salvador studied at University of Granada, University of Madrid and Complutense University of Madrid. Training under Manuel Alvar is recorded. The recorded working language is Spanish. Employment is recorded with Autonomous University of Madrid, Complutense University of Madrid and University of La Laguna. Positions recorded include professor and Member of the Royal Spanish Academy. Distinctions recorded are honorary doctorate of the University of La Laguna, honorary doctorate, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise and Medal of Andalusia.

Gregorio Salvador in Taipei, September 1985.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Gregorio Salvador Caja • Born — 11 July 1927 • Birthplace — Cúllar (Granada), Spain • Died — 26 December 2020 • Place of death — Madrid, Spain • Education — Ph.D. Romance Philology • Occupation — Linguist, author
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Gregorio Salvador (11 July 1927 – 26 December 2020) is described as a linguist and writer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Gregorio Salvador was born on 11 July 1927 and died on 26 December 2020 in Madrid. For the birthplace of Gregorio Salvador, Cúllar (Espagne) is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and Cúllar-Baza (Granada) by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Selected works
Selected works
• El habla de Cúllar-Baza: contribución al estudio de la frontera del andaluz (1958) • Unidades fonológicas vocálicas en el andaluz oriental (1977) • Las otras vocales andaluzas (Spanish Review of Linguistics, 1989) • Semántica y Lexicología del Español (Madrid, Paraninfo, 1985) • Estudios dialectológicos (Madrid, Paraninfo, 1987) • Lengua española y lenguas de España (Ariel, 1987) • Casualidades (Espasa-Calpe, 1994). • Política lingüística y sentido común (Istmo, 1992) • Un mundo con libros (Espasa-Calpe, 1995) • La lengua española, hoy, in collaboration with Manuel Seco (Juan March Foundation, 1995) • Historia de las letras, with Juan Ramón Lodares (Espasa-Calpe, 1996) • Granada, recuerdos y retornos (Universidad de Granada, 1996) • El eje del compás (Planeta, 2002). Novel • El destrozo educativo (Grupo Unisón, Madrid. 2004) • Nocturno londinense y otros relatos (Espasa-Calpe, 2006). • El fútbol y la vida (2007) • Estar a la que salte (Espasa-Calpe, 2007)
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- 1.Fallece el granadino Gregorio Salvador, que ocupaba el sillón 'q' de la Real Academia Española desde 1987.
- 2.Apaolaza, Francisco. El viejo maestro de la RAE.
- 3.Salvador, Álvaro. Gregorio y Anita.
- 4.Perfil de Antonio Salvador Caja.
- 5.He sobrepasado la edad conveniente.
- 6.Igrexas, Manuel. Un rapaz de Soutolongo na RAE.
- 7.Breve semblanza y bibliografía de Gregorio Salvador Caja, Pilar García Mouton, Boletín de Información Lingüística de la Real Academia Española, No. 17, 2021.
- 8.Martín Zorraquino, María Antonia. Necrología. Gregorio Salvador (1927-2020).
- 9.García Mouton, Pilar. El Atlas lingüístico y etnográfico de Andalucia. Hombres y mujeres. Campo y ciudad.
- 10.Álvarez de Miranda, Pedro. Gregorio Salvador, el académico veterano.
- 11.Salvador Caja, Gregorio, p. 83.
- 12.Las lenguas y la democracia . Ensayo publicado en el nº 111 de la revista Cuenta y razón del pensamiento actual, 1999
- 13.Xarxa Audiovisual Local (Diputació de Barcelona). Salvador: "No ensenyar espanyol és pitjor que haver imposat el castellà durant el franquisme".
- 14.Libertad Digital. Contemporáneos: Gregorio Salvador.
- 15.Tuson, Jesús, pp. 51/58.
- 16.González, Juan Manuel. Entrevista a Gregorio Salvador, vicedirector de la Real Academia Española.
- 17.Vidal, Joaquín. La pronunciación de Franco.
- 18.Salvador, Gregorio. Observaciones sobre el lenguaje de la Administración Pública.
- 19.Serra, Catalina. Salvador niega intención política a su definición de 'valenciano'.
- 20.valenciano.
- 21.Español. Gregorio Salvador: Si lo que dice Arzallus fuera cierto, el 90% de los vascos serían franquistas.
- 22.La traducción “Europe´s living a celebration” suena extraña a un angloparlante.
- 23.Dos académicos de la RAE reprenden a Aído: "miembra" es incorrecto.
- 24.Miembras y carne de miembrillo.
- 25.Gregorio Salvador (RAE): "¡Es una vergüenza que una ministra de España utilice el español de esa manera!" Periodista Digital, 10 de junio de 2008
- 26.La ministra de Igualdad Bibiana Aído se ratifica en el uso del término "miembra".
- 27.Gregorio Salvador, premio Pemán de periodismo. ABC, 1 de noviembre de 1987.
- 28.La mujer mejor cantada. Tercera de ABC del 17 de marzo de 1987 por la que Gregorio Salvador recibió el premio Pemán.
- 29.Instituto de Enseñanza Secundaria "Gregorio Salvador".
- 30.Plaza Gregorio Salvador.
- 31.El maestro Gregorio Salvador que estaba allí.
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