Nina D. Arutiunova (1923–2018)

Chief Researcher, Section of Theoretical Linguistics

Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, PhD, Dr.habil.

Was employed at the Institute of Linguistics since 1954.

In 1941, she entered the Faculty of Philology of the Chernyshevsky Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature and History; in 1945, she graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University with a degree in English and Western literature.

In 1948, she entered the postgraduate course at the Institute of Language and Thinking of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

On January 13, 1954, she presented her PhD thesis "Complex nouns and ways of their formation in the modern Spanish language".

In 1954, she started working at the Institute of Linguistics in the Section of Romance Linguistics, and in 1962, she transferred to the Section of General Linguistics.

On October 2, 1975, she presented her Dr.habil. thesis "Sentence and its meaning (logical and semantic problems)".

Since 1986, she had been the leader of the problem group "Logical analysis of language".

In 1990, she was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

On numerous occasions, Nina D. Arutiunova delivered lectures and worked at universities in Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, Romania, Sweden, China and other countries.

Arutiunova's research interests include: structure of the Spanish language; problems of morphological theory and of theoretical syntax; questions of the communication theory and dialogue; logical and semantic concepts; stylistics and semiotics, text structure; philosophical and conceptual analysis of the language.

Nina D. Arutiunova died on February 17, 2018 at the age of 95.

Photo gallery

Our special gratitude goes to Maria Kovshova for providing these photos.

В детстве

На лыжной прогулке в Подмосковье (Мозжинка). Н.Д. Арутюнова, А.А. Зализняк, Е.В. Падучева и другие

1970 год. На детской ёлке в здании Института на Волхонке: вахтёрша, А.А. Коклянова, Н.Д. Арутюнова

Начало 1990-х гг. В секторе теоретического языкознания. Н.Д.Арутюнова и Константин Переверзев (аспирант Ю.С. Степанова)

Декабрь 2012 г. Дома у Н. Д. Арутюновой. Н.Д. Арутюнова и В.З. Демьянков

Апрель 2013 г. Дома у Н. Д. Арутюновой. Н.Д. Арутюнова с соседом

Май 2013 г. Дома у Н. Д. Арутюновой. Н.Д. Арутюнова, С.А Крылов, Анна А. Зализняк, В.И. Постовалова

Лето 2014 г. На даче у Н. Д. Арутюновой в Апрелевке. Н.Д. Арутюнова и С.А Крылов

Январь 2015 г. Дома у Н. Д. Арутюновой. Н.Д. Арутюнова, С. А. Ромашко, С.Ю. Бочавер, И.В. Зыкова

Январь 2015 г. Дома у Н. Д. Арутюновой. Н.Д. Арутюнова, С. А. Ромашко и Сергей Кузнецов

Декабрь 2015 г. Дома у Н. Д. Арутюновой. Н.Д. Арутюнова и М.Л. Ковшова

Март 2016 г. Дома у Н. Д. Арутюновой. В. И. Постовалова, С. Ю. Семёнова, Н.Д. Арутюнова, В.З. Демьянков, В.Ф. Новодранова

Май 2016 г. Дома у Н. Д. Арутюновой. Н.Д. Арутюнова, В.З. Демьянков, М.Л.Ковшова и С.А. Ромашко

Апрель 2017 г. Дома у Н. Д. Арутюновой в день ее рождения. Н.Д. Арутюнова и А. В. Вдовиченко

Июль 2017 г. На даче у Н. Д. Арутюновой в Мозжинке. К.Г. Красухин, Н.Д. Арутюнова, М.Л. Ковшова, Т.В. Митрополевская и С.Ю. Семёнова

Июль 2017 г. На даче у Н. Д. Арутюновой в Мозжинке. Н.Ф. Спиридонова и Н.Д. Арутюнова

Июль 2017 г. На даче у Н. Д. Арутюновой в Мозжинке. С. Ю. Семёнова, Н.Д. Арутюнова, М.Л.Ковшова

Декабрь 2017 г. Последняя встреча дома у Н. Д. Арутюновой. Н.Д. Арутюнова, М.Л. Ковшова, В.З. Демьянков, П.С. Дронов

Selected publications

Monographs:

Očerki po slovoobrazovaniju v sovremennom ispanskom jazyke [Essays on word formation in the modern Spanish language]. Moscow, the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1961.150 p.
Trudnosti perevoda s ispanskogo na russkij [Difficulties in translating from Spanish to Russian]. Moscow, Nauka, 1965. 122 p.
Predloženie i ego smysl. Logiko-semantičeskie problemy [The sentence and its meaning. Logical-semantic problems]. Moscow, Nauka, 1976. 383 p.
(co-authored with Evgeniy Shiryaev) Russkoe predloženie. Bytijnyj tip (struktura i značenie) [Russian sentences. Immanent type (structure and meaning)]. Moscow, Russky yazyk, 1983. 198 p.
Tipy jazykovyx značenij. Ocenka. Sobytie. Fakt. [Types of language meanings. Evaluation. Event. Fact]. Moscow, Nauka, 1988. 339 p.
Jazyl i mir čeloveka [Language and the human world]. Moscow, Yazyki russkoj kul'tury, 1998. 896 p.
Problemy morfologii i slovoobrazovanija. Na materiale ispanskogo jazyka [Problems of morphology and word formation. Based on the material of the Spanish language]. Moscow, Yazyki slavyanskoy kul'tury, 2007. 284 p.

Book series "Logical analysis of language":

Propozicional'nye predikaty v lingvističeskom i logičeskom aspekte [Propositional predicates in linguistic and logical aspects]. Conference reports abstracts. Moscow, 1987.
Pragmatika i problemy intensional'nosti [Pragmatics and problems of intension]. Moscow, 1988.
Referencija i problemy tekstoobrazovanija [Reference and problems of text formation]. Moscow, 1988.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Znanie i mnenie [Logical analysis of language: Knowledge and opinion]. Moscow, 1988.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Problemy intensional'nyx i pragmatičeskix kontekstov [Logical analysis of language: Problems of intensional and pragmatic contexts]. Moscow, 1989.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Protivorečivost' i anomal'nost' teksta [Logical analysis of language: Contradiction and anomaly of the text]. Moscow, 1990.
Konceptual'nyj analiz: metody, rezul'taty, perspektivy [Conceptual analysis: methods, results, and perspectives]. Conference reports abstracts. Moscow, 1990.
Toždestvo i podobie, sravnenie i identifikacija [Equivalence and similarity, comparison and identification]. Moscow, 1990.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Kul'turnye koncepty [Logical analysis of language: Cultural concepts]. Moscow, 1991.
Dejstvie: Logičeskie i lingvističeskie modeli [Action: Logical and linguistic models]. Conference reports abstracts. Moscow, 1991.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Modeli dejstvija [Logical analysis of language: Models of action]. Moscow, 1992.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Mental'nye dejstvija [Logical analysis of language: Mental actions]. Moscow, 1993.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Jazyk rečevyx dejstvij [Logical analysis of language: Language of speech actions]. Moscow, 1994.
Ponjatie sud'by v kontekste raznyx kul'tur [The concept of fate in the context of different cultures]. Moscow, 1994.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Istina i istinnost' v kontekste raznyx kul'tur [Logical analysis of language: Truth and veracity in the context of different cultures]. Moscow, 1995.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Jazyk i vremja [Logical analysis of language: Language and time]. Moscow, 1997.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Obraz čeloveka v kul'ture i jazyke [Logical analysis of language: The image of a human in culture and language]. Moscow, 1999.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Jazyki dinamičeskogo mira [Logical analysis of language: Language of the dynamic world]. Dubna, 1999
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Jazyki prostranstv [Logical analysis of language: Languages of spaces]. Moscow, 2000.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Jazyki ètiki [Logical analysis of language: Languages of ethics]. Moscow, 2000.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Semantika načala i konca [Logical analysis of language: Semantics of beginning and ending]. Moscow, 2002.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Xaos i kosmos. Konceptual'nye polja porjadka i besporjadka [Logical analysis of language: Chaos and space. Conceptual fields of order and disorder]. Moscow, 2002.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Izbrannoe 1988 - 1955 [Logical analysis of language: Selected publications 1988 - 1995]. Moscow, 2003.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Jazyki èstetiki: Konceptual'nye polja prekrasnogo i bezobraznogo [Logical analysis of language: Languages of aesthetics: Conceptual Fields of the beautiful and the ugly]. Moscow, 2004.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Kvantifikativnyj aspekt jazyka [Logical analysis of language: Quantifying aspect of language]. Moscow, 2005.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Meždu lož'ju i fantaziej [Logical analysis of language: Between a lie and a fantasy]. Moscow, 2008.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Assercija i negacija [Logical analysis of language: Assertion and negation]. Moscow, 2009.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Mono-, dia-, polilog v raznyx jazykax i kul'turax [Logical analysis of language: Mono-, dia-, polylogue in different languages and cultures]. Moscow, 2010.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Lingvofuturizm [Logical analysis of language: Linguofuturism]. Moscow, 2010.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Perevod xudožestvennyx tekstov v raznye èpoxi [Logical analysis of language: Translation of literary texts in different epochs]. Moscow, 2012.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Adresacija diskursa [Logical analysis of language: Addressing the discourse]. Moscow, 2012.
Logičeskij analiz jazyka: Čislovoj kod v raznyx jazykax i kul'turax [Logical analysis of language: Numeric code in different languages and cultures]. Moscow, 2014.