What is Germà Colón?
'''Germà Colón i Doménech''' (30 November 1928 – 22 March 2020) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] speaker of [[Romance languages|Roman]] philosophy and [[Catalan language|Catalan]] [[lexicology]]. He was a professor at the [[University of Basel]], [[Switzerland]]. He was born in [[Castellón de la Plana]]. Colón died in [[Barcelona]] on 22 March 2020, at the age of 91, reportedly due to [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/sha-mort-el-linguista-germa-colon-victima-de-la-covid-19/|title=S'ha mort el lingüista Germà Colón, víctima de la Covid-19|website=VilaWeb|language=ca|access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref> == Selected works == * ''El léxico catalán en la Romania'' (1976). * ''La llengua catalana en els seus textos'' (1978). * ''El panorama de la lexicografia catalana'' (1986). * ''Problemes de la llengua a València i als seus voltants'' (1987). * ''El español y el catalán, juntos y en contraste'' (1989). * ''Estudis de filologia catalana i romànica'' (1997). * ''Para la historia del léxico español'' (2002). * ''De Ramon Llull al'' Diccionari ''de Fabra. Acostament lingüístic als monuments de les lletres catalanes'' (2003). == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.uab.cat/anydelesllengues/p-colon.htm]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Germa Colon's biography on the UAB website {{in lang|ca}}. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111002043039/http://hispanismo.cervantes.es/Hispanistas_ficha.asp?DOCN=7416 Germán Colón Domènech | Lingüística descriptiva Lingüística románica] Information about Germà Colon ({{in lang|es}}). * [http://www.fundaciocolon.uji.es/english.htm Website from the Fundació Germà Colón] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323140246/http://www.fundaciocolon.uji.es/english.htm |date=2020-03-23 }} Foundation Foundation Colon i Domencech website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Colon, Germa}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Barcelona]] [[Category:Spanish writ