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241:"Praat u Beskaaf" (1939) (Do you speak polite); "Die Afrikaanse Spreektaal" (The Afrikaans spoken language) (1947); "Uitspraakwoordeboek van Afrikaans" (1945– 4th Ed. 1963); An Afrikaans-English Phonetic Reader (1948, with A.G. Hooper); Chapter entitled: ‘Speech Disorganization’, in Social Medicine (1951, edited by E.H. Cluver); Chapter entitled: ‘Speech Pathology in South Africa’, in Speech Pathology (1966, Eds. R.W. Rieber and R.S. Brubaker); "Afrikaanse Verklarende Woordeboek (1973)" (Afrikaans Explanatory Dictionary), with M.S.B. Kritzinger and F.J. Labuschagne).
232:(a famous writer and head of the Department of Afrikaans and Netherlands at the University of the Witwatersrand who had recently published a biography on Gen. Hertzog) to serve as co-editor of the Kultuurgeskiedenis van die Afrikaner (Cultural History of the Afrikaner). They published this monumental work in three volumes from 1945 to 1950. His other cultural works are Opera en Sanger (1951); and as sole editor, an abridged (single volume) and revised edition of the Kultuurgeskiedenis van die Afrikaner (1968).
206:' awarded him their 'Erepenning' for his work in the field of Afrikaans Phonetics. The Journal of the South African Speech and Hearing Association published a special issue in honour of P. in 1974. In 2004 the two departments that he established at the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Pretoria, commemorated his centenary anniversary and honoured him as the doyen of the profession of Communication Pathology, as his field of expertise is presently known and practised in South Africa.
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head and also director of the associated Speech, Voice and
Hearing Clinic. Through his efforts the University of the Witwatersrand in 1948, instituted a four-year degree course with Phonetics and Logopedics as major subjects, the first of its kind in South Africa. He remained head of this department till the end of 1956. In 1957 he joined the
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that enabled him to spend an extensive period researching speech archives, and various logopedics and audiology centres in Europe, the United
Kingdom and the United States of America. On his return he incorporated many new facets in the academic and clinical fields. During 1962, and again in 1965, he
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in South Africa was instituted soon after he had established the Speech, Voice and
Hearing Clinic at this university. He developed this section of the Department of African Languages to such an extent that, in 1944, it became the separate Department of Phonetics, Linguistics and Logopedics with P. as
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British army during the second Anglo-Boer war) by being a founding member of the 'Handhawersbond' (Upholding Association) and was the first editor of their journal 'Die Handhawer'. He served on the 'Reddingsdaadbond', another association to uplift the destitute Afrikaner people. He was member
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Frederika Vermaak on 31 January 1928 in Greytown, Natal. They had three children: Rousselot De Villiers Pienaar (professor and head of the Department of Genetics, University of Stellenbosch), Uys De Villiers Pienaar (Park-head of the Kruger National Park 1970–1987, then Chief Director of
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His academic works not only included works on phonetics and communication pathology, but also lexicological work: "Afrikaanse
Fonetiek" (Afrikaans Phonetics) (1927, with T.H. le Roux); "Die Fonoposotie in die Fonotopie van Afrikaanse afsluitings en vernouingsklanke binne die spraakmolekuul" (1930);
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for the period 1973–1974. In 1973 he opened a private consulting room in
Pretoria for the rehabilitation of persons with voice disorders. In his retirement he was still engaged in the field of Afrikaans Phonetics. He was appointed Head of the Speech Archives sponsored by the Department of National
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Professor and head of the new Department of Speech Science, Logopedics and Audiology at the University of Pretoria. This Department also incorporated a Speech, Voice and Hearing Clinic, of which he was the Director. He chaired this department and remained Director of the
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He loved the theatre, classical music events, and opera. In his younger days he took singing lessons from an
Italian maestro. He played tennis and attended many rugby matches. He was fond of sketching, gardening, carpentry, and writing poetry and short stories. He had a large library and would
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During his tenure at the universities he persuaded the
Departments of Education of all the South African provinces to appoint speech therapists and audiologists in schools, hospitals and other institutions, thus improving the speech and hearing of thousands of people. His diagnostic acumen and
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of many cultural and arts societies such as the 'Skrywerskring' (Writers Association). He served on the school committee that founded the Jan Celliers Primary School, the first Afrikaans primary school in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. In the early 1940s he persuaded his friend, Prof.
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in South Africa; clinical and technical committees of the South African Council for the Deaf, the Transoranje School for Partially Hearing Children, the National Committee for Noise Control in South Africa, and the South African Speech and Hearing Association. He advised several national and
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Teachers Training College. He received the B.A. degree in Education the beginning of 1925, and later that year the Honours B.A. degree in the first class. In 1926 the University of the Witwatersrand awarded him the degree Master of Arts with distinction for his research in
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News paper photo with inscription that reads 'Mr P Pienaar, from the University of the Witwatersrand, whose original story of "Four little paintings in red and black" was crowned with a gold medal at the third Literature (Art) competition held in Johannesburg, 10 October
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received grants from the Transoranje Institute and the National Council for the Deaf to attend international conferences dealing with Logopedics and Audiology. At this time he was appointed Honorary Life President of the South African Logopedic Society. In 1963 the '
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In August 1977 Pierre de Villiers Pienaar suffered a massive stroke that left him paralysed and with no speech. He died in the Kronendal Nursinghome, Pretoria on 6 April 1978. He was cremated and his ashes scattered on his beloved family farm, Elandsfontein.
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as well as being an Afrikaans author. As Lexicographer in 1973, he was part of the group of authors that established the Afrikaans Explanatory Dictionary ("Afrikaans Verklarende Woordeboek") alongside Prof M.S.B. Kritzinger and Prof F.J. Labuschagne.
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Education and the Human Sciences Research Council. Among his students who majored in Phonetics, three have become heads of university departments of Phonetics or African Languages in South Africa (L.W. Langham, D.T. Cole, and E.O.J. Westphall).
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During the period 1929–1940 he wrote a number of literary works: Skakels van die Ketting (Links of a chain) (1928); Ruth e.a. Kortverhale (1934); Magte (Powers) (1936); Die Oorlogskind e.a. Kortverhale (The war child, short stories) (1940).
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As the son of Matthys Michiel Pienaar, a Boer who fought the British imperialist armies in both the first and second Anglo-Boer war, P. was a staunch supporter of the political ideology of former Prime Minister, Gen. J.M.B. Hertzog and Adv.
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Clinic till the end of 1969 when he reached retirement age. To benefit from his vast experience, the University of Pretoria continued to retain his services by appointing him as temporary lecturer in 1970. He held this appointment as
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for two years as Professor of Afrikaans and Netherlands Linguistics. During this time he put forward proposals to create a professional degree course in Logopedics at the university of
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1. Aron, Myrtle L. (1973): Pierre de Villiers Pienaar. J. South African Speech and Hearing Association. Vol.20 (1):7–13. Special Issue in Honour of Pierre de Villiers Pienaar.
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Aron, Myrtle L. (1973): Pierre de Villiers Pienaar. J. South African Speech and Hearing Association. Vol.20 (1):7–13. Special Issue in Honour of Pierre de Villiers Pienaar.
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P. was a member of several scientific societies and served on a number of commissions, committees and councils of the Government and other institutions such as the
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international universities on the training of therapists in the field of communication pathology. Others asked his advice on setting up language laboratories.
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Pierre de Villiers Pienaar was born on 11 August 1904 on the farm, 'Elandsfontein', Gatsrand (currently in the Fochville district), that was destroyed in
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4. Hoofstad, 21 October 1969, page 4: ‘n Professor vereer met skildery. (A professor honoured with portrait painting – Afrikaans newspaper article)
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6. Pienaar, R.D.V. (1986): Biografie van Pierre de Villiers Pienaar. Article written for the South African Biographical Dictionary
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Die Burger, 7 April 1978, page 5: Prof. Pienaar na siekbed oorlede (Prof Pienaar died in sickbed – Afrikaans newspaper article)
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Pienaar, R.D.V. (1986): Biografie van Pierre de Villiers Pienaar. Article written for the South African Biographical Dictionary
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National Parks until 1991 when he retired), and Anne Lize Mordant (née De Villiers Pienaar, veterinary surgeon).
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specialists who increasingly referred cases of this nature to him and the speech therapists that he had trained.
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As a note of interest, the farm 'Elandsfontein' mentioned above was the farm where renowned Boer War scout,
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The Union Bursary that he received in 1927, was one of many grants and awards. In 1952 he received the
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text campaign. He attended the primary farm school on 'Elandsfontein', and then went to Boy's High,
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