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Irina Toporova (1940–2015)

И. Н. Топорова

Chief Researcher, Department of African Languages

PhD, Dr.habil. (1994), Professor (2000)

Worked at the Institute of Linguistics since 1967.

Irina Toporova's research interests included: African linguistics, oral and newly scripted African languages, typology, grammar, phonetics, phonology, noun classes, African folklore.

Irina Toporova died on September 28, 2015. See the obituary (in Russian) here. 

Selected publications

  • Tipologija fonologičeskix sistem jazykov bantu [Typology of phonological systems of the Bantu languages]. Moscow, 1973, 10 a.l.
  • Vvedenie v bantuistiku [Introduction to Bantu Studies]. Moscow, 1990, 270 p. (co-author)
  • Grammatika jazyka lingala [Lingala grammar]. Moscow, 1994, 10 a.l.
  • Leksičeskaja semantika imeni sučšestvitel’nogo v jazykax bantu [Lexical semantics of nouns in the Bantu languages]. Moscow, 1999, 8 a.l.
  • Jazyk kurija [The Kuria language]. Moscow, 1994, 12b7 a.l. (co-author)
  • Grammatika jazyka akva [Grammar of the Akwa language]. Moscow, 2002, 23 a.l.(co-author)
  • Grammatika jazyka laadi [Grammar of the Laadi language]. Moscow, 2005, 25 a.l. (co-author)
  • Grammatika jazyka gusii [Grammar of the Gusii language]. Moscow, 2008, 25 a.l. (co-author).
  • Očerki po tipologii fol’klora bantu [Essays on Bantu folklore typology]. Moscow: Tezaurus, 2012. 321 p.
  • Očerk grammatiki jazyka galva [Essays on the Galva language grammar]. Moscow: Tezaurus, 2014. 179 p.

 

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