Tamaz Valeriyanovich Gamkrelidze ( Georgian თამაზ ვალერიანის ძე გამყრელიძე , born October 23, 1929 , Kutaisi ) - Soviet and Georgian linguist , orientalist, Indo-Europeanist, full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1984), academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991), 2013 (2005–2013) ) Brother mathematician, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Revaz Gamkrelidze .
| Tamaz Valerianovich Gamkrelidze | |
|---|---|
| თამაზ ვალერიანის ძე გამყრელიძე | |
| Birth name | |
| Date of Birth | October 23, 1929 (89 years old) |
| Place of Birth | |
| A country |  USSR →  |
| Scientific field | linguistics |
| Place of work | Tbilisi University |
| Alma mater | Tbilisi University |
| Academic degree | Doctor of Philology |
| Academic rank | Professor Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR academician of RAS |
| supervisor | I. M. Dyakonov |
| Known as | linguist, orientalist |
| Awards and prizes |   |
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Biography
He graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Tbilisi University (1952) [1] .
In 1953-1960 he worked at the Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of the GSSR. From 1960 to 2008 - Head of the Department of Structural and Applied Linguistics (from 1999 - General and Applied Linguistics), University of Tbilisi [2] . Doctor of Philology (1963), Professor (1964).
Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979) - Department of Literature and Language. Academician (1984) - Department of Literature and Language (Linguistics). [1] .
Full member (since 1974) and president (2005—2013) of the Georgian Academy of Sciences .
Member of the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 11th convocation (1984-1989) from the Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic [3] .
The author of famous works in the field of Indo-European linguistics, ancient languages, theoretical linguistics and cartvelology . In 1972, together with Vyach. Sun Ivanov put forward the so-called glottal theory , which is finalized in their joint two-volume monograph Indo-European Language and Indo-Europeans (1984).
A number of works by academician T.V. Gamkrelidze are devoted to typology and the origin of writing. From 1988 to 1994 he was the chief editor of the journal “ Questions of Linguistics ” [4] [5] .
Foreign member of the US National Academy of Sciences (2006) [6] , American Academy of Sciences and Arts (1978) [7] , corresponding member of the British Academy of Sciences (1979) [8] , corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (1983) [9] , foreign member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences (1988) [10] , Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2007) [11] , member of the European Academy [12] . Honorary Doctor (Doctor honoris causa) of the University of Bonn and the University of Chicago . Honorary Member of the American Linguistic Society (since 1971). President of the European Linguistic Society (1986-1987) [13] .
In August 1991, Tamaz Gamkrelidze was appointed rector of Tbilisi State University, however, he stayed at this post for a very short time [14] .
Honorary Citizen of Tbilisi (2000) [15] .
Major works
- Gamkrelidze T.V., Ivanov Vyach. Sun Indo-European language and Indo-Europeans: Reconstruction and historical-typological analysis of the proto-language and protoculture. In 2 vols . - Tbilisi: Publishing House of Tbilisi University, 1984. - xcvi + 1328 s.
- Alphabetic writing and ancient Georgian writing (Typology and origin of alphabetic writing systems) . - Tbilisi, 1989.
- The Akkado-Hittite syllabary and the problem of the origin of the Hittite script , "Archiv Orientalni" (vol. 29). 1960.
- Anatolian languages and the problem of Indo-European migration to Asia Minor , Studies in General and Oriental Linguistics. - Tokyo, 1970.
- Indo-European language and Indoeuropeans (vols. I — II). - Berlin / New York, 1994-1995 (together with Vyach. Vs. Ivanov )
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Gamkrelidze Tamaz Valerianovich . ras.ru. Date of treatment May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Tamaz Gamkrelidze . tsu.ge. Date of treatment May 9, 2015.
- ↑ List of deputies of the Supreme Council of the USSR of the 11th convocation
- ↑ From the history of the journal “Questions of Linguistics” . ruslang.ru. Date of treatment May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Questions of linguistics . hist-phil.ru. Date of treatment May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Thomas V. Gamkrelidze . nasonline.org. Date of treatment May 5, 2015.
- ↑ Foreign Honorary Members . amacad.org. Date of treatment May 5, 2015.
- ↑ Corresponding Fellows - British Academy Archived November 29, 2014 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Korrespondierende Mitglieder der philosophisch-historischen Klasse im Ausland (German) (unavailable link) . oeaw.ac.at. Date of treatment May 5, 2015. Archived March 22, 2015.
- ↑ Mitglieder - Thomas V. Gamkrelidze, Prof. Dr. phil. habil. (German) . saw-leipzig.de. Date of treatment May 5, 2015.
- ↑ Gamkrelidzé, Thomas V. (Hungarian) . mta.hu. Date of treatment May 5, 2015.
- ↑ Thomas V. Gamkrelidze . ae-info.org. Date of treatment May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Presidents and Annual Meetings of the Societas Linguistica Europaea . societaslinguistica.eu. Date of treatment May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Tamaz Gamkrelidze // Tbilisi State Unversity: The University Rectors - tsu.ge
- ↑ თამაზ გამყრელიძე (cargo) . nplg.gov.ge. Date of treatment May 9, 2015.
Literature
- Klimov G.A. T.V. Gamkrelidze and Kartvelian linguistics // Historical Linguistics and Typology. M., 1991.
Links
- Profile of Tamaz Valerianovich Gamkrelidze on the official website of the RAS
- Profile on the website of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia (English)
- Article in BECM
- Official page
- Historical background on the website of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences