L’empremta de Josep Giner en l’obra de Joan Coromines

Abstract

This article shows the close relationship between Josep Giner and his maestro Joan Coromines through their correspondence and explains why Giner or JGM should appear so frequently in Coromines’ work on etymology, in both the Castilian and the Catalan contributions. In particular, by consulting a selection of the materials that Giner sent to the maestro, we can hear about Giner’s ideas on linguistics, learn a large quantity of Valencian and Aragonese lexis, review the proposed lexical norms for improving the Fabra dictionary, and integrate more easily the Valencian data and etymological studies that Giner submitted to the maestro as information, advice, new opinion and revision of his work. Coromines valued Giner’s opinions and took them into account when compiling his work.