(Montreal) The linguist Jean-Claude Corbeil died at the age of 89, announced Tuesday evening the Editions Quebec America.
Posted at 7:48 p.m.
Born in Montreal, Jean-Claude Corbeil played a major role in the implementation of Quebec’s language policy.
He was the head of the linguistic department of the Office de la langue française from 1971 to 1977, participated in the development of the Act respecting the official language of Quebec in 1974 as well as in the drafting of the Charter of the French language in 1977.
Jean-Claude Corbeil also directed and designed, alongside linguist Ariane Archambault, the first edition of the Visual Dictionary in 1986, distributed in more than 100 countries and translated into more than 35 languages.
Jean-Claude Corbeil was “the most outstanding personality in the field of Quebec linguistics”
“Quebec is losing its most eminent linguist of the French language”, declared Jacques Fortin, the founder of Éditions Québec Amérique, in a press release, which considers that Jean-Claude Corbeil was “the most outstanding personality in the field of linguistics Quebec”.
“His career, crowned by numerous distinctions, testifies to his importance,” he added. He was for me a friend, a collaborator and an author who allowed QA to experience international success with Le Visuel. »
Jean-Claude Corbeil thus bequeaths an important scientific contribution, particularly in sociolinguistics and terminology.