Department of Hungarian

 

 

University of Szeged
 Gyula Juhász Faculty of education

INSTITUTE OF KINDERGARTEN AND LOWER-PRIMARY EDUCATION

 

Békési Imre

Professor Emeritus, DSc.

Office location

Hattyas sor 10. Szeged 6725 Hungary

Room

# 7007 (MAP - Building 7)

Phone

+36-62-546-335

E-mail:

bekesii@jgypk.u-szeged.hu

 

Curriculum vitae

Born on April 03, 1936 in Kalocsa. Secondary school teacher of Hungarian and history (Degree from Lóránd Eötvös University, Budapest, 1962.). D.Phil. (JATE, 1964), candidate of linguistics (HAS 1976), doctor of linguistics (HAS 1993), dr. habil (JATE 1995). Dr. honoris causa from University of Nitra, 2006.
Instructor at the Department of Hungarian Language of Juhász Gyula Teacher Training College (from 2000, Juhász Gyula Teacher Training Faculty of SZTE) from 1963 to 2006: college professor (1976), university professor (1996), department head (1982–2000). College Principal (1987–1990 and 1995–1998); Chair-in-turn for the Higher Education Association for Szeged (1997—1998). Member of the Linguistics Committee of SZTE, founding member of the Linguistics Doctoral School of SZTE. Emeritus professor (2006–).
Member of the Linguistics Committee of HAS (1980–), the Hungarian Scholarship Board (1992–1996), consulting member of Dept. I of HAS (1999–2004), member of the Linguistics-Philosophy Committee of HAB (2001–2006). Chair of the Szeged Group of the Hungarian Linguistics Association (1977–2006). Member, Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Foundation for Szeged (1989–).
Two duties undertaken as a member of the Scientific Council of SZTE. Representation of research and contact building interests of the college staff in all areas, including promotions for college and university professor titles. All promotions to date have been accepted by the Scientific Council.
Profession-specific duty includes following up linguistic research in Szeged University, several Hungarian and a number of foreign universities. As a member of reviewer boards, participates in doctoral qualification procedures of HAS, university professor, PhD and habilitation procedures of HAB and the universities of Debrecen, Pécs, and Veszprém, member of the editorial board of Magyar Nyelv (1991–), editor of Szemiotikai szövegtan (1990–), and the Annales of the University of Szeged (2000-).
His research (study of the structure of argumentative text) is interdisciplinary, based on adjacent areas of linguistics, logic, and rhetoric. Results published in 4 monographs, 30 book chapters and around 160 referenced papers. A summary of his research will be published in 2009 under the title Interpretation and applications of Double Syllogism. As an appreciation of his activities in text theory and building of inter-institutional relations for more than 40 years, the Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre awarded him the Doctor honoris causa title in 2006.
Major awards: For Hungarian Higher Education Medal-for-Merit (1982), Déry Tibor Award (1996), Széchenyi Professor's Scholarship (1999–2002), Pro Facultate (2004), Pro Urbe Szeged (2006), The Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2006)
 

 

PUBLICATION

Publications in Textology

1983. Typologische Häufigkeitsangaben über den Aufbau der kurzen Zeitungsnachrichten. Acta Linguistica Scientiarium Hungaricae Tomus 33 (1–4), Budapest, pp. 257––71.

1985. Die konfrontative Untersuchung eines Typus der Textkonstruktion. Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Szegediensis Ser. Ling.–Litt.–Aest. Szeged, pp.3–14.

1986. Bestands- und Gebrauchsebene des Konstruktionstypus. In: Heydrich–Petőfi (Hg.) Aspekte der Konnexität und Kohärenz von Texten. Papiere zur Textlinguistik 51. Buske Verlag, Hamburg , pp. 163–173.

1987. Ein Argumentationstypus in der Rede eines humanistischen Orators (mit L. Valaczkai) Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Szegediensis Ser. Ling.–Litt.–Aest. Szeged, pp. 15–21.

1989. Die logische Hintergrund des konstruktionsbildenden Zusammenhangs der Gegensätzlichkeit und der kausalität. Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Szegediensis Ser. Ling.–Litt.–Aest. Szeged, pp.5–8.

1991. A kettős szillogizmus / Double Syllogism. Szemiotikai Szövegtan 2. / Semiotic Textology 2. Szeged, pp.38–54.

1991. A kettős szillogizmus ’világai’ / The ’Worlds’ of double Syllogism. Szemiotikai Szövegtan 3. / Semiotic Textology 3. Szeged, pp. 41–61.

1991. Konfrontative Untersuchung von elementaren Textstrukturen. In: P. Madácsy–M. Gaál–J. Bessiere (Hg.) Neue tendenzen in der Komparatistik. Szeged, pp. 109–113.

1994. Der doppelte Syllogismus. In: M. Bartha–A. Péteri (Hg.) Textverstehen – Textarbeit – Textkompetenz. Budapester Beiträge zur Germanistik. Budapest, pp. 125–134.

2003. The Place of Concession in contrastive Structures. Sprachtheorie und germanistische Linguistik, 13.2. pp. 103–122.

2004. Clustering. In: Navracsics, J.–Sz. Tóth (Eds) Linguistics and Interdisciplinarity “In honour Zsolt Lengyel. Generália, Szeged–Veszprém, pp. 557–562.

2004. A theoretical–empirical analysis of Restriction and Concession. Sprachtheorie und germanistische Linguistik, 14.1.pp. 3–17.

2005. Embedded chaining. In: Cs. Dobos–Á. Kiss–Zs. Lengyel–G. Székely–Sz. Tóth (Eds) “Everything is Translated and Everybody is a Translator” In honour Kinga Klaudy. SZAK Kiadó, Budapest, pp. 213–220.

2006. Two principal sources of the sense complex. In: F. Mártonfy (Ed) 101 writings in honour Ferenc Pusztai. Argumentum, Budapest, pp.331–335.

2010. An Empirical study of the Set Expression. In: Kozmács, I.–I. Kremmer (eds) Science for Education – Education for Science, Nitra, pp. 35–40.
2010. Laudatio of Honorary Member J. S. Petőfi. Modern Nyelvoktatás XVI/4. Budapest, pp. 3–6.
2010. The Interpretation and Applications of the double Syllogism.  Szemiotikai Szövegtan 19 / Semiotic Textology 19. Separate. Szeged, pp. 263–308. (full text available in pdf)

 

Further information on pages in Hungarian

 

 

Head of Department:
Kakuszi Péter

college professor

Phone: (+36-62) 544-761
E-mail:
kakuszi@jgypk.u-szeged.hu