Adjarian’s Armenian dialectology (1911): Translation and commentary

Hossep Dolatian

Keywords:

dialectology, descriptive

Synopsis

Armenian is an Indo-European language. Alongside two varieties, there are countless non-standard dialects, many of which were were made extinct because of the Armenian Genocide. This book is an English translation of a monograph originally written in Armenian by Hrachia Adjarian: "Հայ Բարբառագիտութիւն" or "Armenian dialectology." The original monograph consisted of descriptions of 31 non-standard Armenian varieties. The present book is both a translation and commentary on this monograph. The translation includes paradigm tables, sound changes, morpheme segmentation, glossing, and IPA transcriptions.

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Author Biography

Hossep Dolatian, Stony Brook University

Hossep Dolatian is a visiting scholar at Stony Brook University. He completed his PhD at Stony Brook university with a focus on Armenian morphophonology and mathematical linguistics. His main interest is the descriptive and theoretical documentation of Armenian, with a focus on lexical phonology and other areas of the morphology-phonology interface.

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Published

April 8, 2024
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Online ISSN

2699-0156

Print ISSN

2699-0148
Cite as
Dolatian, Hossep. 2024. Adjarian’s Armenian dialectology (1911): Translation and commentary . (Languages of the Caucasus 4). Berlin: Language Science Press. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14008766

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Details about the available publication format: PDF

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ISBN-13 (15)

978-3-96110-489-5

doi

10.5281/zenodo.14008766

Details about the available publication format: Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN-13 (15)

978-3-98554-118-8

Physical Dimensions

180mm x 245mm