The Contribution of Gevorg Jahukyan to Comparative- Historical Study of the Armenian Language

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  • SARGIS AVETYAN Yerevan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/BYSU:B/2016.7.1.003

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the establishment of a number of phonological and morphological general patterns, etymological observations, periodisation of the whole pre-written history of the Armenian language

Abstract

The contribution of academician G. Jahukyan to comparative-historical study of the Armenian language can be characterized in broad lines as follows: a) application of new principles of describing and presenting comparative material, b) a thorough examination of the comparative grammar and all diachronic processes of Armenian, including the establishment of a number of phonological and morphological general patterns as well as many etymological observations, c) periodization of the whole pre-written history of Armenian, with the systematic description of reconstructable linguistic features characterizing the periods, d) a thorough areal characterization of Armenian in relation to the other dialects of Proto-Indo-European. Besides, G. Jahukyan made an important contribution to the Indo-European Linguistics, offering new solutions to a number of disputable problems, and to the study of the question of distant linguistic relationship as well.

Published

2021-07-20

How to Cite

AVETYAN, S. . (2021). The Contribution of Gevorg Jahukyan to Comparative- Historical Study of the Armenian Language. Bulletin of Yerevan University B: Philology, 7(1(19). https://doi.org/10.46991/BYSU:B/2016.7.1.003

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