Senior Researcher, Department of Languages of East and Southeast Asia
General
Contact information
Address:
Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences
B. Kislovskij per. 1/1
Moscow 125009
RUSSIA
Phone +7 (495) 691 34 48, +7 (495) 690 35 85
Fax +7 (495) 690 05 28
E-mail: kvantonian [at] yandex [dot] ru
Research fields
Chinese language and linguistics, linguistic typology, cognitive linguistics, Chinese grammar in synchrony and diachrony, morphosyntax, grammaticalization and lexicalization, metaphor in lexicon and grammar, history of language studies in China
Employment
1992 – present: Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Current position: senior researcher at the Department of East and Southeast Asian Languages.
Education
Philological Faculty, Moscow State University named after M.V.Lomonossov (diploma cum laude) (1982-1987)
Postgraduate Studies
Institute of Linguistics (Russian Academy of Sciences) (1987-1989, 1990-1992)
Ph.D. Degree: Institute of Oriental Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences), 1995
Science Index
Selected publications
Monograph
Morfologiia rezul'tativnykh konstruktsii v kitaiskom iazyke [Morphology of the Resultative Constructions in Chinese]. - Moscow: Muravei Publishers, 2003. - ISBN 5-89737-121-0.
Encyclopedia: Dukhovnaia kul'tura Kitaia [Spiritual Culture of China], vol. 5. – Ed. by M.L.Titarenko. - Moscow: Vostochnaia literatura [Oriental Literature] Publishing House, 2009.- ISBN 978-5-02-036381-6 (author of 3 articles).
In Russian:
- Affixal paradigm of the verbs of perception and the conceptualization of perception in Chinese // XII International Conference “Languages of Far East, Southeast Asia and West Africa (LESEWA). - Moscow, 2016. - Pp. 22-24.
- Two verb complements in Medieval Chinese and their fate in Modern Chinese // XXII International Conference “China, Chinese Civilization and the World”. Moscow, 2016. – Pp. 159-161.
- Linguistic analysis of the category “calmness” in Chinese // Cognitive Psychology. Methodology and Practice. (Selected papers of the International Conference “Cognitive Psychology: Interdisciplinary Studies and Integrative Practice”, St.Petersburg, 2015). – Ed. by M.A.Alexandrov et al. - St. Petersburg: BBM, 2015 (CD-ROM). - Pp. 183-190.
- `Up’ and `down’: orientational metaphor in English and Chinese // XI International Conference “Languages of Far East, Southeast Asia and West Africa (LESEWA). – St.Petersburg, 2014. - Pp. 11-17.
- Grammaticalization of the verbs lai `come’ and qu `go’ in Chinese: symmetry and asymmetry // Voprosy filologii [Problems of Philology]. - № 1. – M., 2011. – Pp. 40-50.
- Verbal categories of adjectives in Chinese // Voprosy iazykoznaniia [Problems of Linguistics]. - № 5. – M., 2011. – Pp. 76-89.
- Chinese language facing globalization // Proceedings of the International Conference “Language and Society in Present-Day Russia and Other Countries”. - Moscow, 2010. – Pp. 303-306 (CD-ROM), 272-275 (book).
- Wang Li. Lü Shu-xiang. Zhu De-xi (biobibliography) // Dukhovnaia kul'tura Kitaia [Spiritual Culture of China]. Encyclopedia. – Vol. 5. Science, technology, military science, health care, and education. - Ed. by M.L.Titarenko. – M.: Vostochnaia literatura [Oriental literature] Publishing House, 2009. - ISBN 978-5-02-036381-6. - Pp. 686-689, 730-734, 943-945.
In English:
- Antonian K.V. Resultative Verb Compounds in Mandarin Chinese: Grammaticalization and Lexicalization // Cahiers de Linguistique - Asie Orientale. -Vol. 27, № 2.- Paris, 1998. - Pp. 255-265.
- Antonian K.V. Complements of Direction in Chinese: Cognitive Mechanisms of Grammaticalization // Papers from the 13th Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies. Università degli Studi di Torino. - Torino, 2000. - (CD-ROM, ISBN code n. 88-900888-O-X).
- Antonian K.V. Diachronic Analysis of the Grammaticalization of Complements of Direction in Chinese // Collected Essays in Ancient Chinese Grammar. - Paris: École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), 2001. - Pp. 383-403.
- Antonyan K.V. Polygrammaticalization: Symmetry and Asymmetry // IX International Conference “Languages of Far East, Southeast Asia and West Africa (LESEWA). - Moscow, 2011. - Pp. 4-7.
Reviews
- Paris, Marie-Claude. Linguistique chinoise et linguistique générale. Paris: l’Harmattan, 2003 // Voprosy iazykoznaniia [Problems of Linguistics]. - М.: 2005. № 6. - Pp. 142 – 148 (in Russian).
- Heming Yong & Jing Peng.Chinese Lexicography. A History from 1046 BC to AD 1911. Oxford University Press, 2008 (in English).
- Xing, Janet Zhiqun (ed). Newest Trends in the Study of Grammaticalization and Lexicalization in Chinese. De Gruyter Mouton, 2012 (in English).
- Li, Wenchao. Lexicalisation Patterns in Japanese and Chinese. A Synchronic and Diachronic Perspective. LINCOM Studies in Asian Linguistics. Muenchen: Lincom Europa, 2012 (in English).
Conferences (with presentations)
- Biennial Conferences of the European Association for Chinese Studies (Edinburgh, 1998; Moscow, 2002; St.Petersburg, 2016)
- International Congresses of Asian and North African Studies (ICANAS) (Budapest, 1997; Moscow, 2004)
- Conferences of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (Leiden, 1997; Peking, 2008)
- International Symposium on Ancient Chinese Grammar (Paris, 1998)
- International Roundtable on Grammaticalization (Singapore, 2008)
- International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (Leiden, 1996)
- International Conferences “China, Chinese Civilization and the World” (Moscow, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016)
- International Conferences “State and Society in China” (Moscow, 2014, 2017)
- International Conferences “Languages of Far East, Southeast Asia and West Africa (LESEWA) (Moscow, St.Petersburg, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016)
- All-Russian Symposium on Historical Demography (Syktyvkar, 2015)
- International Conference “Cognitive Psychology: Interdisciplinary Studies and Integrative Practice” (St.Petersburg, 2015)
- International Congress “Challenges of the Epoch: Psychotherapeutic Help to Person, Group, and Society. Family in the Mirror of Psychotherapy” (All-Russian Professional Psychotherapeutic League) (Moscow, 2016).
- 8th World Congress for Psychotherapy “Life and Love in the 21st Century” (Paris, 2017).
Conferences and Summer Schools (attendance)
- 2nd International Summer Neurolinguistics School “Language and Brain Pathology”. Moscow, Higher School of Economics, the Neurolinguistics Laboratory, 2015.
- 3rd International Summer Neurolinguistics School “Aphasia Assessment, Treatment and Recovery”. Moscow, Higher School of Economics, the Neurolinguistics Laboratory, 2016.
- International Congress “Integrative Processes in Psychotherapy” (All-Russian Professional Psychotherapeutic League). Moscow, 2015.
- All-Russian Conference on Experimental Psychology. Institute of Psychology (Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, 2016.
- 4th International Summer Neurolinguistics School “Brain Stimulation in Language Research and Therapy”. Moscow, Higher School of Economics, the Neurolinguistics Laboratory, 2017.
- International Congress “The Role of Psychotherapy, Psychology and Consulting in Health and Well-Being of a Person, Family, and Society” (All-Russian Professional Psychotherapeutic League). Moscow, 2017.
- 5th International Interdisciplinary Congress “Ecology of Brain”. Moscow, 2017.
- 8th International Interdisciplinary Congress “Manage Pain”. Moscow, 2017.
Academic teaching
Courses taught:
- Modern Chinese (Practical Course). Russian State University for Humanities, 1999-2002.
- Theory of Chinese Grammar. Russian State University for Humanities, 1998-2007.
- History of Chinese Language. Russian State University for Humanities, 1998-2007.
Ph.D. theses supervised (Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences):
N.N. Voropayev
M.A. theses supervised (Russian State University for Humanities):
V.Ashvarina
A.Khoroshkina
A.Titova
Nguyen Thi Duong