Alexandra Superanskaya (1929–2013)

Chief Researcher, Section of Applied Linguistics

PhD, Dr.habil., Professor
 
Superanskaya worked at the Institute of Linguistics since 1957. First, she was employed in the Section of Speech Culture under the leadership of Sergei Ozhegov, after that – in the Section of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics under Alexander Reformatsky, after that – in the Section of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics.
 
Research interests: special lexis (terminology and nomenclatures in different realms of knowledge); all types of nouns; ways of translating culture-specific lexis from one semiotic system to another; Russian culture of speech.

She defended her PhD thesis "Lingvističeskie osnovy praktičeskoj transkripcii imёn sobstvennyx" [Linguistic Basis for the Transcription of Proper Names] (academic supervisor – Alexander Reformatsky) in 1958 and her Habilitation "Teoretičeskie problemy onomastii" [Theoretical Problems of Onomastics] in 1974.

She was a member of different organisations, including

  • the Onomastic and Terminological Commissions of the International of Slavists;
  • the International Onomastics Committee;
  • Russian terminological society RosTerm;
  • the Toponymic Commission of the Moscow Office of the Russian Geographical Society;
  • the Orthographic Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
  • the inter-department commission city commission for naming territorial units, streets and metro stations in the Council of Moscow.

She used to deal with the questions of speech culture along with professors of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. She contributed to several issues of the series "Žurnalistika i kul’tura russkoj reči" [Journalism and Russian speech culture].

Alexandra Superanskaya passed away on the 12th of March 2013.

 

Selected publications

Superanskaya is the author of more than 300 scientific and pop-science works in six languages that were published in Russia and abroad.

  • Zaimstvovanie slov i praktičeskaja transkripcija [Borrowings and practical transcription]. Moscow, 1962. 46 p.
  • Kak Vas zovut? Gde Vy živёte? [What is your name? Where do you live?] Moscow: Nauka. 1964. 94 p.
  • Sklonenie sobstvennyx imen v sovremennom russkom jazyke. Orfografija sobstvennyx imen [Declination of proper names in contemporary Russian. Orthography of proper names]. Moscow, 1965. Pp. 117–146.
  • Udarenie v sobstvennyx imenax v sovremennom russkom jazyke [Word stress in proper names in contemporary Russian]. Moscow: Nauka, 1966. 360 p.
  • Udarenie v zaimstvovannyx slovax v sovremennom russkom jazyke [Word stress in borrowed words in contemporary Russian]. Moscow: Nauka, 1968. 310 p.
  • Onomastika. Tipologija. Stratigrafija [Onomastics. Typology. Stratigraphy]. Moscow: Nauka 1988. 264 p.
  • Struktura imeni sobstvennogo: Fonologija i morfologija [Structure of the noun: Phonology and morphology]. Moscow: Nauka, 1969. 206 p. 
  • Občšaja teorija imeni sobstvennogo [General theory of the noun]. Moscow: Nauka, 1973. 366 p.
  • Jazyk i deti [Language and children]. Moscow, 1975. 25 p.
  • Teoretičeskie osnovy praktičeskoj transkripcii [Theoretical foundations of practical transcription]. Moscow: Nauka, 1978. 283 p.
  • Sovremennye russkie familii [Modern Russian surnames]. Moscow: Nauka, 1981; 2nd edition, 1984. 176 p. (in co-authorship with Anna Suslova).
  • O russkix imenax [On Russian names]. Leningrad: Lenizdat, 1978. 214 p. (in co-authorship with Anna Suslova. 2nd edition. Leningrad,1985. 222 p.; 3rd edition. Leningrad, 1991. 220 p.; 4th edition. Saint-Petersburg: Lenizdat, 1997. 203 p.
  • Čto takoe toponimika? [What is toponymy?] Moscow: Nauka, 1985. 176 p.
  • Teorija i metodika onomastičeskix issledovanij [Theory and methodology of onomastic research]. Moscow: Nauka, 1986. 256 p. (in co-authorship with Natalia Podolskaya, Velta Staltmane, Albert Sultanov).
  • Tovarnye znaki [Trademarks]. Moscow: Nauka. 1986. 172 p. (in co-authorship with Tatiana Soboleva).
  • Občšaja terminologija: Voprosy teorii [General terminology: The questions of theory]. Moscow: Nauka. 1989. 246 p.(in co-authorship with Natalia Podolskaya i Natalia Vasilyeva). 2nd edition. Moscow: URSS, 2003. 246 p.; 3rd edition. Moscow: URSS, 2004.
  • Imja–čerez veka i strany [Names: Through the centuries and lands]. Moscow: Nauka, 1990. 190 p.
  • Občšaja terminologija: Terminologičeskaja dejatel’nost’ [General terminology: Terminological activity]. Moscow, 1993. 288 p.
  • Slovar’-spravočnik tjurkskix rodo-plemennyx nazvanij [Dictionary-reference of Turkic tribal names]. Moscow, 1994. Parts 1–2. 466 p. (in co-authorship with Irina Lezina).
  • Toponimija Kryma [The toponymy of Crimea]. Moscow: Moskovskij licej. 1995. P. I. 216 p. (in co-authorship with Z. Isaeva i Horshid Iskhakova).
  • Toponimija Kryma [The toponymy of Crimea]. Moscow: Moskovskij licej. 1997. V. I, P. I-II. 403 p. (in co-authorship with Z. Isaeva i Horshid Iskhakova).
  • Suffixe und Endelemente russischer Familiennamen. Leipzig. Universität. Institut für Slavistik. 1997. 64 p.
  • Slovar’ russkix ličnyx imёn [Dictionary of Russian proper names]. Moscow: AST. 1998. 528 p.; 2nd edition. Moscow: Èksmo, 2003; 3rd edition. 554 p.; 4th edition. Moscow, 2004. 554 p.; 5th edition. Moscow, 2005. 445 p.;
  • Krym: Geografičeskie nazvanija. Simferopol’: Tavrija-pljus [Crimea: Toponyms. Simferopol: Tavria-plus]. 1998. 160 p. (in co-authorship with Irina Lezina and Igor Belyansky).
  • Suffixe und Endelemente russischer Vornamen. Leipzig. Universität. 1999. 47 c.
  • Suffixe und Endelemente russischer Beinamen. Leipzig. Universität. 1999. 71 p.
  • Vaše imja? Rasskazy ob imenax raznyx narodov [What's your name? Stories about the name of different peoples]. Moscow: Armada-Presp. 2001. 254 p. 
  • Ljubiteli slova: Jazykoznanie dlja detej [Amateurs of the word: Linguistics for children]. Moscow, 2002. 80 p.

Alexandra Superanskaya edited 27 books (individually or in collaboration), including Spravočnik ličnyx imёn narodov RSFSR [Reference Book of Proper Names of the USSR], that was published in Moscow in four editions: Russkiy yazyk, 1965, 253 p.; 1979, 574 p; 1987, 655 p; 1989, 655 p.

  • Ïмовiрнiсна ономастика ⁄⁄Мовознавство. Киïв. 1971. № 4, с. 35–40.
  • Lexikalische Stämme der Anthroponyme. ⁄⁄ Ethnographisch-archäologische Zeitschrift. Berlin. 1972. J. XIII. N 2, с. 209–225.
  • Kurznamen und Namen mit Suffixen der subjektiven Bewertung.–Sovjetische Namenforschung. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. 1975, с. 143–165.
  • Der onomastische Raum. ⁄⁄ Onomastica Slavogermanica. Wrocław. 1976. T. X, с. 77–82.
  • Разработване на проблемите на приложната лингвистика в Академията на науките на Съветския Съюз. ⁄⁄ Съпоставително езикознание. София. 1980. Т. V. №3, с.41–49.
  • Славянски имена в българския език и български в другите славянски езици. ⁄⁄ Български език. София. 1984. XXXIV. № 2, с.134–141.
  • Der Eigenname in Sprache und Gesellschaft. I. Verhandlungen im Plenum. Leipzig. 1985, с. 133–149.
  • Russische Familiennamen und türkische Stammesnamen. ⁄⁄ Studia onomastica VI. Namenkundliche Informationen. Beihefte 13 / 14. Leipzig. 1990, с.197–207.
  • Krimgoterna i Slaviska och Byzantiska källor. ⁄⁄ Dokumentation av folkvandrings och äldremedeltida symposiet i Lidköping, 12 ⁄⁄13 september 1992. Lidköping. 1993, с. 143–151.
  • Theoretische Terminologiearbeit. ⁄⁄ IIFT. Infoterm.. Wien. 1993, с. 221–228.
  • A Gotho–Slavica ad Varangoi - Rhos.  ⁄⁄Deutsch–Slavische Kontakte in Sprache und Kultur. Herrn Prof. Ernst Eichler zum 65 Geburtstag zugelignet. Wort und Name im deutsch-slavischen Sprachkontakt. Köln–Weimar–Wien. 1997, с. 545–554.
  • The durability of proper names. ⁄⁄ Proceedings of the XIX-th International congress of onomastic sciences. Aberdeen. 1998. V. I. с. 336–341.
  • Technical terms as a part of special vocabulary. ⁄⁄ Russian terminology scienсe (1992–2002). Vienna: Termnet publisher. 2004, с. 248–265.