Meylanova, Unizat Azizovna

She was born on May 1, 1924 (according to other sources in 1925) in Kasumkent, now Suleyman-Stalsky district of Dagestan . After graduating from high school, she entered the philological faculty of the Daggospedinstitut them. S. Stalsky (now DSU), where she was a Stalin scholarship holder. After graduation, she is sent to study at the graduate school of the Institute of Linguistics of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Moscow) ^[1] .

In 1952, she became the first woman to defend a dissertation for the degree of candidate of philological sciences at the Institute of Linguistics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1965, at a special council at the Institute of Linguistics of the Georgian SSR, she defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic - “Lezgi dialectology” ^[2] .

Since 1947, she worked at the Institute of Language, Literature and Art of the DSC RAS. From 1969 to 1990 - head. Institute for Non-Written Languages. In 1950-60 years - head. Department of Dagestan Languages ​​DGPI them. S. Stalsky ^[2] .

She raised two sons, one of whom is Enver Sheikhov professor, doctor of philological sciences, employee of the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences ^[1] .

Meylanova specialized in the field of grammar, dialectology, lexicology of the Dagestan literary and non-written languages. Organized research expeditions, actively participated in scientific conferences, including international ones ^[2] .

Meylanova conducted work on the study of non-written Lezgi languages ​​in the territory of Dagestan and Azerbaijan. The “Budukh-Russian Dictionary” published by her actually intensified research and publication of dictionaries of the Bagvali, Bezhtinsky, Ginukh, Godoberinsky, Gunzib, Karatinsky, Tindinsky, Khinalugsky, Chamalinsky languages. Under her leadership and participation, a comparative historical monograph on Dagestan languages ​​was prepared and published ^[2] .

Meilanova is the author of more than 200 articles published in scientific journals. She supervised the work on creating the first academic grammar of the Lezgi language, compiling a complete spelling dictionary ^[2] .

Meilanova was the head and member of the Committee of Linguistic Atlas of Europe, the editor-in-chief of the magazine “Woman of Dagestan” ^[3] , a member of the Committee of Soviet Women ^[2] . She was elected a member of a number of scientific councils at the Department of Literature and Language of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , a member of specialized councils for the defense of doctoral dissertations at Kiev University. T. G. Shevchenko , Baku Research Institute. Nizami, a member of the specialized council for the defense of dissertations of the Daggosuniversitet , Kabardino-Balkarian State University . She was a member of the editorial board of the "Yearbook of Iberian-Caucasian Linguistics" ( Tbilisi ) ^[1] .

• Medal "For Valiant Labor during the Great Patriotic War" (1943).
• Medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus" (1944).
• Medal "For Merit to the Republic of Dagestan".
• Gold medal of the Committee of Soviet Women.
• Gold Medal of the Committee of Solidarity of Asia and Africa ^[1] .
• Eight Certificates of Honor of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR and the Republic of Dagestan, Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
• Arn Prize S. Chikobava (1998).
• Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation.
• Honored Worker of the Republic of Dagestan ^[2] .

Publications

• Meilanova, U. A. Types of the formation of the imperative mood of a verb in the Lezgi language // Languages ​​of Dagestan. Vol. 2. Makhachkala, 1954.- S. 264—271.
• Meylanova U. A. Functions of the ergative case in the Lezgi language // Transactions of the Institute of Linguistics. T. 3, 1954a. - S. 250—257.
• Meylanova, W. A. Giljarsky, mixed voice and its place in the system of Lezgi dialects, Uchen. West JIAL. 1958.V. 5. - S. 248-263.
• Meylanova, U. A. Stalsky dialect of the Lezgi language // Uchen. West JIAL. 1959.V. 6. - S. 307-330.
• Meylanova U. A. Brief description of the Gunay dialect of Lezgi * Meylanova U. A. Morphological and syntactic characterization of the cases of the Lezgi language. Makhachkala, 1960 .-- 181 p.
• Meylanova U. A. Morphological and syntactic characteristics of the cases of the Lezgin language. Makhachkala, 1961
• Meilanova, W. A. Essays on Lezgi Dialectology. M., 1964 .-- 417 p.
• Meylanova, U. A. On the category of the grammatical class in the Lezgi language // Uchen. West JIAL. T. 10. 1964 .-- S. 282-297.
• Meylanova U. A. Lezgin language // Languages ​​of the peoples of the USSR. T. IV. Iberian-Caucasian languages. M., 1967. - S. 528-544.
• Meylanova W.A. Guneyskiy dialect - the basis of the Lezgi literary language. Makhachkala, 1970 .-- 193 p.
• Meylanova U. A., Talibov B. B. Constructions of sentences with transitive-intransitive verbs in the Lezgin language // Questions of the syntactic structure of the Iberian-Caucasian languages. Materials of the 4th regional session on the historical and comparative study of the Iberian-Caucasian languages. Nalchik, 1977 .-- S. 265-272.
• Meylanova U. A. Sound processes in the consonant system of southwestern dialects of the Cuban dialect of the Lezgi language // Phonetic system of Dagestan languages. Makhachkala, 1981. - S. 13-26.
• Meylanova U. A. Areal changes and the development of certain categories of pronouns in the Lezgi language // Pronouns in the languages ​​of Dagestan. Makhachkala, 1983.- S. 4-11.
• Meylanova U. A. Buduh-Russian dictionary. M., 1984.
• Meilanova, U. A. Basic questions of the formation and functioning of the category of numbers in the Lezgi language // Category of numbers in Dagestan languages. Makhachkala, 1985 .-- S. 52-59.
• Meylanova U. A. Introductory words and appeal as distributors of sentences in the Lezgi language // Yearbook of Iberian-Caucasian linguistics. T. 13. 1986.- S. 199-207, res. cargo., English.
• Meylanova U. A., Ganieva F. A. On the characteristics of some animal world terms in the Lezgi language // industry vocabulary of the Dagestan languages: Names of animals and birds. Makhachkala, 1988 .-- S. 5-13.
• Meylanova U. A., Ganieva F. A. Description of the names of trees and shrubs in the Lezgi language // Problems of branch vocabulary of Dagestan languages: Names of trees, grasses, bushes. Makhachkala, 1989.-S. 5-15.
• Meylanova U. A. Features of the expression of future time in the Lezgi language // Expression of temporary relations in the languages ​​of Dagestan. Makhachkala, 1990 .-- S. 32-36.
• Meylanova U. A. Once again on the category of the grammatical class in the Lezgi language // Problems of a comparative historical study of the morphology of the languages ​​of Dagestan. Makhachkala, 1992 .-- S. 87-92.
• Meylanova U. A. On the history of the terms of the animal world in the Lezgi language // Yearbook of the Iberian-Caucasian linguistics. T. 2. - S. 222—227, res. cargo., English ..
• Meylanova, U.A. , Talibov, B. B. Preruptives in the Lezgi language consonant system // Yearbook of Iberian-Caucasian linguistics. T. 14. - S. 263-269, res. cargo., English.
• Meylanova U. A., Talibov B. B. Cuban dialect as an intermediate link in the system of Lezgi dialects // Dialectological study of Dagestan languages. Makhachkala, 1992 .-- pp. 118-128.
• Meylanova U. A., Talibov B. B., Sheikhov E. M. Structural and morphological characteristics of the Lezgi toponymic nomenclature on the territory of Azerbaijan // Dagestan Onomastics: Materials and Research. Vol. 2 / IALI DSC RAS. Makhachkala., 1996 .-- S. 67-72.

• Gulmagomedov Ahmedullah . Languages ​​and Merits of Uneyzat Meilanova // Present. - 2014. - May 6 ( No. 17 ).
• Uneyzat Azizovna Meilanova (1925-1999) (neopr.) . Municipal district "Suleiman-Stalsky district." Date of treatment November 13, 2014.
• Kerimova Sedaget . Uneyzat Azizovna Meilanova // Newspaper "Samur". - 2010. - No. 11 (258) .
• Uneyzat Azizovna Meylanova (neopr.) . nplg.gov.ge. Date of treatment October 11, 2014.