Researcher, Section of Areal Linguistics
She has been working at the Institute since 1975.
Research interests
linguistic typology, general morphology, typology of nominal classification, areal linguistics, history of linguistic studies
Education
In 1975, she graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Lomonosov Moscow State University with a degree in Romano-Germanic philology. At university, she specialized in Germanic Languages. In 1985, she completed a post-graduate correspondence course at the Institute of Linguistics, focusing on Comparative-Historical and Typological Linguistics.
She has been working at the Institute of Linguistics since 1975. Since 1976, she has been a junior researcher of the newly created group "Languages of the World", since 1999 she has been a researcher. She participated in the development of the concept of the linguistic encyclopedia "Languages of the World" and the preparation of all publications within the framework of this project.
Grants
As a principal investigator
- RGNF 96-04-06002a and 98-04-16143d " Languages of the world: Germanic languages. Celtic languages". As a result of the grant, the book " Languages of the world: Germanic languages. Celtic languages " was published / RAS. Institute of Linguistics. Ed. coll.: N. N. Semenyuk, V. P. Kalygin, O. I. Romanova. Moscow, 2000.
- RGNF 07-04-16032a and 13-04-16032d " Languages of the world: Semitic languages. Akkadian language. Northwest Semitic Languages" (2007-2009). As a result of the grant, the book "Languages of the world: Semitic languages. Akkadian language. Northwestern Semitic Languages " was published / RAS. Institute of Linguistics. Ed. coll.: A. G. Belova, S. E. Lezov, L. E. Kogan, O. I. Romanova. Moscow, 2009.
- RGNF 13-04-16032 d " Preparation of the original layout and publication of the book "Languages of the world: Ethiosemitic languages"", 2013-2013. As a result of the grant, the book "Languages of the world: Ethiosemitic languages" was published / RGNF 14-04-00481 and RGNF No. 00-04-00481a " Languages of the world: Semitic languages. Arabic. South Arabian epigraphic languages. Modern South Arabian Languages", 2014-2016.
As a project participant
- RGNF, 07-04-00144a "Languages of the world: Relict non-Indo-European languages of Europe", 2007-2008. Principal investigator: Yurii Koryakov.
RGNF, 10-04-00266a "Languages of the world: Relict Indo-European languages of Europe", 2010-2012. Principal investigator: Yurii Koryakov.
RFBR, 16-04-00474 "Languages of Moscow", 2016-2018. Principal investigator: Yuliya Mazurova.
Ongoing projects
"Languages of the World"
Languages of the World is an ongoing project of publishing encyclopedic linguistic descriptions of languages set up at the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The project is presented in the form of separate volumes covering genealogical or areal groups of languages. Languages or groups of languages are described from the standpoint of linguistic typology, descriptions being based on a universal scheme for publication which considers sociolinguistic, diachronic and grammatical characteristics of the language. Such format of description ensures the comparability of the languages of different systems and creates the foundation for typological research.
Electronic database "Languages of the World"
The electronic database is compiled on the basis of the volumes of the encyclopedia "Languages of the World". It exists in the form of questionnaires on individual languages (created as part of the State Task on the topic No. 0182-2020-0011 "Current Applied Methods for Obtaining and Processing Linguistic Knowledge"). The aim of the project is to create a resource for research in linguistic typology.
Science Index
Selected publications
Publications in peer-reviewed journals and publications included in the list of the Higher Attestation Commission
- Imennaja klassifikacija: grammatičeskij aspekt [Nominal classification: grammatical aspect] with Vladimir Plugyan// Izvestija AN SSSR, SLJa.1990. Vol.49. №.3. P. 231-247
- Predislovie // «Jazyki mira. Semitskie jazyki. Èfiosemitskie jazyki» [Preface / / Languages of the world. Semitic languages. Ephiosemitic languages]. Мoscow: Academia, 2013. P. 9-11 (http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=22253137).
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Prezentacija novyx knig lingvističeskoj ènciklopedii “Jazyki mira“ [Presentation of new books of the linguistic encyclopedia " Languages of the World"]. Moscow: RGG
Publications in the materials of scientific events and participation in conferences
- Olga Romanova. Ètničeskie SMI v Moskve [Ethnical Media in Moscow]// Doklad na Kruglom stole «Jazyki Moskvy i jazykovoe raznoobrazie goroda». Moscow: Institut jazykoznanija RAN, 17.11.2017. Web-site of the project: http://languages.msk.ru/
- Romanova O. Ethnic Media in a Multilingual Urban Area: the Case of Moscow// Urban Linguistic Diversity. Materials of the 1st International Conference. Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences April 9-10, 2018, Moscow. P.40
Editing collections and monographs
- Jazyki mira: Ural’skie jazyki [Languages of the world: Uralic languages]. Мoscow: Nauka. 1993. 398 p.
- Jazyki mira: Paleoaziatskie jazyki [Languages of the world: Paleoasiatic languages]. Мoscow: Indrik. 1997. 231 p.
- Jazyki mira: Tjurkskie jazyki [Languages of the world: Turkic languages]. Bishkek: Izdatel’skij dom Kyrgystan, 1997; Мoscow: Indrik. 1997. 544 p.
- Jazyki mira: Mongol’skie jazyki. Tunguso-man’čžurskie jazyki. Japonskij jazyk. Korejskij jazyk[Languages of the world: Mongolian languages. Tunguso-Manchu languages. Japanese language. Korean language]. Мoscow: Indrik. 1997. 408 p.
- Jazyki mira: Germanskie jazyki. Kel’tskie jazyki [Languages of the world: Germanic languages. Celtic languages]. Мoscow: Academia. 2000. 472 p.
- Jazyki mira: Romanskie jazyki [Languages of the world: Romance languages]. Мoscow: Academia. 2001. 720 p.
- Jazyki mira: Slavjanskie jazyki [Languages of the world: Slavic languages] Мoscow: Аcadеmia. 2006. 224 p.
- Jazyki mira: Baltijskie jazyki [Languages of the world: Baltic languages]. Мoscow: Academia. 2006. 224 p.
- Jazyki mira: Semitskie jazyki. Akkadskij jazyk. Severozapadnosemitskie jazyki[Languages of the world: Semitic languages. Akkadian language. Northwest Semitic languages]. Мoscow: Academia, 2009. 840 p.
- Jazyki mira: Novye indoarijskie jazyki[Languages of the world: New Indo-Aryan languages]. Мoscow: Academia, 2011. 896 p.
- Jazyki mira: Semitskie jazyki. Èfiosemitskie jazyki [Languages of the world: Semitic languages. Ephiosemitic languages]. Мoscow: Academia, 2013. 624 p.
- Jazyki mira: Reliktovye indoevropejskie jazyki Perednej i Central’noj Azii [Languages of the world: Ancient Indo-European languages]. Мoscow: Academia, 2013. 512 p.
Other publications
- Anglo-russkij slovar’ po lingvistike i semiotike [English-Russian Dictionary of Linguistics and Semiotics]. Moscow: Azbukovnik, 2001. Vol.1. 640 p.
- Anglo-russkij slovar’ po lingvistike i semiotike [English-Russian Dictionary of Linguistics and Semiotics]. Moscow: URSS. 2002. Vol.2. – 288 p.
- Predislovie // „Jazyki mira. Semitskie jazyki. Èfiosemitskie jazyki” [Preface / / " Languages of the world. Semitic languages. Ephiosemitic languages”]. Moscow: Academia. 2013. P. 9-11
- Mify, skazki i legendy indejcev. Severo-zapadnoe poberež’e Severnoj Ameriki. Moscow: Vostočnaja literatura [Myths, fairy tales and legends of the Indians. Northwest coast of North America]. 1997. 518 p. [compilation, introductory article, translation (co-authored), comments, indexes, typological index of motives].
- Amerika: Ènciklopedija [America: An Encyclopedia]. Moscow: Rossijskaja ènciklopedija. 1990. (articles about the Indians of North America, 1,5 author’s sheet )
- Narody mira: Istoriko-ètnografičeskij spravočnik [Nations of the world: Historical and ethnographic reference]. Moscow: Sovetskaja ènciklopedija. 1988. 624 p. (articles about the Indians of North America, 2,5 author’s sheet)