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Section of Germanic languages

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Section history 

The Section of Germanic Languages has existed within the Institute since 1950. Over the years such prominent scientists as Victoria Yartseva, Myrrha Gukhman, Enver Makayev, Natalia Sliussareva, Sergey Mironov, Olga Seliverstova, Albert Schweitzer, Andrey Korolev, Victor Kalygin, Irina Sizova were part of the Section team.

It is possible to divide section history into two periods. The first one is characterized by predominantly historical problematics and structural studies (50s-70s); the second period displays the increasing interest in modern Germanic languages and predominantly functional and pragmatic research (in the 70s and especially in the 80s and 90s).

More information about Section history is available in the essay by Natalia Babenko (see also the essay to the 50th anniversary of Section from 2000) 

Research areas 

The research carried out in the Section covers different aspects of Germanic linguistics:

  1. Historical, comparative-historical and historical-typological studies:   
    • Ancient Germanic languages in cultural and historical aspect; 
    • Gothic language;
    • Old Norse;
    • History of English and German languages.
  2. History of the formation and development of Germanic literary languages 
    • Research of Germanic languages as part of historical stylistics.
    • Linguistic Aspects of Studying Translations of the Bible in Germanic languages.
  3. National and territorial variation of individual Germanic languages 
    • German dialectology.
    • Swedish dialectology.
  4. Contrastive and typological research of closely related Scandinavian languages
  5. Grammatical, semantic, stylistic and linguo-pragmatic studies of modern Germanic languages  
    • Study of genre variations of written texts in Germanic languages.
    • Study of grammatical systems of Germanic languages from an anthropocentric perspective.
    • Linguo-pragmatics of the Danish language.
  6. Corpus Studies of Germanic languages
    • Corpus Lexicography of the German language.
    • Corpus Studies of the Dutch language.
  7. Field research (dialect of the village Staroshvedskoe (Gammalsvenskby): vocabulary, grammar and database)

Section publications (since 2000)

  • Istoricheskaya grammatika niderlandskogi jazyka. V 2-x tomax: t. 1 1988; t. 2. 2000. [Historical grammar of Dutch language. In 2 volumes: v. 1, 1998; v. 2., 2000.] M., Kaluga
  • N.N.Semenjuk. 2000, Istoricheskaya stilistika nemeckogo yazyka. [Historical stylistics of German language.] M.
  • D.B. Nikulicheva. 2000, Sintagmaticheskie otnoshenija v kontinental'nyh skandinavskih jazykah. Kontrastivnyj analiz. [Syntagmatic relations in continental Scandinavian languages. Contrast analysis.] M., SPb.
  • T.V. Toporova. 2002, O drevneislandskih kosmogonicheskih zagadkah kak fenomene jazyka i kul'tu-ry. [About Old Icelandic cosmogonic riddles as a phenomenon of language and culture] M.
  • Otv. red. N.N. Semenyuk i dr. Izd.-vo KGPU im. Tsiolkovskogo. Teoriya i istoriya germanskikh i romanskikh yazykov v sovremennoi vysshei shkole Rossii. Vyp. 5. 2005, [Theory and history of Germanic and Romance languages in modern higher education in Russia. Issue five.] . 
  • T.V.Toporova. 2006, Printsipy opisaniya epicheskogo slova: kontsept gory v «Starshei Edde» [Principles for describing the epic word: the concept of a mountain in the Elder Edda] M., Akademiya gumanitarnykh issledovanii, 400 pp.
  • Otv. red. D.B.Nikulicheva. 2006, Analitizm v yazykakh razlichnykh tipov: sorok let spustya. Materialy chtenii pamyati V.N. Yartsevoi. K 100-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya. Vypusk II [Analyticism in Different Types of Languages: Forty Years Later. Materials of the readings in memory of V.N. Yartseva. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth. Edition II.]. M., Eidos, 2006. 284 pp.
  • E.B.Yakovenko. 2007, Homo biblicus. Yazykovoi obraz cheloveka v angliiskikh i nemetskikh perevodakh Biblii (opyt kontseptual'nogo modelirovaniya) [Homo biblicus. The linguistic image of a person in English and German translations of the Bible (conceptual modeling experience)] M.: IP Koshelev A.B. (Izdatel'stvo “Eidos”), 288 pp.
  • Lingua gotica. Sbornik statei, posvyashchennyi 100-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya M.M.Gukhman, 2007 [Lingua gotica. Collection of articles dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of M.M. Gukhman.]. (otv.redaktor N.S.Babenko.) M., Eidos. 227 pp.
  • Lingua gotica: Novye issledovaniya [Lingua gotica: New research] / Otv. redaktory N.S.Babenko, A.L.Zelenetskii.  – M.: IYaz RAN; Kaluga: IP Koshelev A.B. (Izdatel'stvo «Eidos»), 2007. 228 pp.
  • T.V.Toporova. 2009, Epicheskoe slovo: oboznacheniya flory v «Starshei Edde» [Epic word: designations of flora in the "Elder Edda"], M., «Tezaurus», 437 pp.
  • D.B.Nikulicheva. 2009, Kak naiti svoi put' k inostrannym Yazykam. Lingvisticheskie i psikhologicheskie strategii poliglotov: uchebno-metodicheskoe posobie [How to find your way to foreign languages. Linguistic and psychological strategies of polyglots: study guide.], M.:Nauka-Flinta, 304 pp.
  • Kontrastivnye issledovaniya yazykov mira. Materialy tret'ikh lingvisticheskikh chtenii pamyati V.N.Yartsevoi [Contrastive studies of the languages of the world. Materials of the third linguistic readings in memory of V.N. Yartseva.]. (otv. redaktor D.B.Nikulicheva). M.: Eidos, 2009. 325 pp.
  • Yazyk. Zakonomernosti razvitiya i funktsionirovaniya: Sbornik k yubileyu N. N. Semenyuk.[Language. Patterns of development and functioning: Collection for the anniversary of N. N. Semenyuk.]. M.-Kaluga. Izdatel'stvo «Eidos», 2010. 354 pp.
  • Lingua gotica: Novye issledovaniya. Vyp. 2[Lingua gotica: New Research. Issue 2]. Otv. redaktory E.B.Yakovenko, A.L.Zelenetskii. M.; Kaluga: Izdatel'stvo «Eidos», 2011. pp 200.
  • Dinamicheskie protsessy v germanskikh yazykakh. Materialy Chetvertykh lingvisticheskikh chtenii pamyati V. N. Yartsevoi [Dynamic processes in Germanic languages. Materials of the Fourth Linguistic Readings in memory of V.N. Yartseva.]. M.–Kaluga: «Eidos», 2012. pp 328.
  • Bibliya korolya Iakova: 1611–2011. Kul'turnoe i yazykovoe nasledie [King James Bible: 1611–2011. Cultural and linguistic heritage]. Otv. red. E.B.Yakovenko. M: Buki-Vedi, 2013. pp 250.
  • Profili yazyka: sotsiolingvistika, natsional'noe var'irovanie, perevodovedenie, kontrastivnaya stilistika. Sbornik trudov k 90-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya A. D. Shveitsera [Language profiles: sociolinguistics, national variation, translation studies, contrastive stylistics. Collection of works dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of A.D. Schweitzer]. Otv. redaktory: N. S. Babenko, V. A. Nuriev. M.: Buki Vedi, 2015. pp 380.
  • Grammaticheskie kategorii germanskikh yazykov v antropotsentricheskoi perspektive. Kollektivnaya monografiya [Grammatical categories of Germanic languages from an anthropocentric perspective. Collective monograph] (Otv. red. D. B. Nikulicheva). M., Izd-vo «Kantsler» 2017. pp 286.
  • T.V. Toporova. 2011, Epicheskoe slovo: oboznacheniya zemli i neba v «Starshei Edde» [Epic word: designations of earth and sky in the Elder Edda]. M.: TEZAURUS, pp 315.
  • D.B.Nikulicheva. 2013, Lingvisticheskie i psikhologicheskie strategii poliglotov. Govorim. Chitaem. Pishem. [Linguistic and psychological strategies of polyglots. Speak. Read. Write.] M. Flinta-Nauka, pp 288. (Monografiya po grantu RGNF 11-44-93008k)
  • Lingua gotica: Novye issledovaniya. Vyp. 3 [Lingua gotica: New Research. Issue 3]. Otv. redaktor E.B.Yakovenko. M.: BukiVedi, 2017. pp 256.
  • T.V. Toporova. 2017, Epicheskoe slovo: oboznacheniya vody v «Starshei Edde» [Epic word: designations of water in the "Elder Edda"], M., TEZAURUS, 19,5 p.l.
  • T.V. Toporova. 2018, Epicheskoe slovo: oboznacheniya dorogi, puti v «Starshei Edde» [Epic word: designation of a road, a path in the "Elder Edda".]. M.: TEZAURUS, pp 364 s.
  • Germanskie yazyki: tekst, korpus, perevod. Kollektivnaya monografiya [Germanic languages: text, corpus, translation. Collective monograph]. Otv. red. D.B. Nikulicheva. M., Izd-vo «Kantsler» 2020.

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Researchers

Dina Nikulicheva

Head of Section
PhD, Dr.habil. (2001), Prof. (2011)

Dmitrij Dobrovol'skij

Chief Researcher
PhD

Vladimir Karpov

Leading Researcher
Ph.D.

Tatiana Toporova

Leading Researcher
PhD

Ekaterina Yakovenko

Leading Researcher
PhD, Dr.habil. (2007), Associate Professor (1999)

Natalia Babenko

Senior Researcher
Ph.D., Senior Researcher

Alexander Mankov

Senior Researcher

Elena Krotova

Researcher
PhD

Ekaterina Tereshko

Junior Researcher
PhD

In Memoriam

Mirra Gukhman (1904–1989)

Andrei Korolev (1944–1999)

Enver Makaev (1916–2004)

Olga Seliverstova (1934–2001)

Alexandr Shveitser (1923–2002)

Former researchers

Vitaly Nuriev

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