Tamaz (Thomas) V. Gamkrelidze (Georgian თამაზ გამყრელიძე) (born October 23, 1929) is a distinguished Georgian linguist, orientalist and public benefactor, Academician (since 1974) and President (since February, 2005) of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS), Doctor of Sciences (1963), Professor (1964). The Georgian alphabet (ქართული დამწერლობა is the writing system currently used to write the Georgian language and other South Caucasian Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures languages peoples history and archaeology in recent The title Academician denotes a Full Member of an art literary or scientific Academy. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Georgian National Academy of Sciences ( GAS) ( Georgian: საქართველოს მეცნიერებათა ეროვნული აკადემია Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar.
Gamkrelidze was born in Kutaisi. Kutaisi (ქუთაისი ancient names Aea / Aia, Kutatisi, Kutaïssi) is Georgia 's second largest city and the capital of the His brother Revaz Gamkrelidze is also an Academician, a famous mathematician.
Tamaz Gamkrelidze graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Tbilisi State University (TSU) in 1952. Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University, better known as Tbilisi State University ( TSU) (თბილისის ივანე ჯავახიშვილის Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Since 1964 Gamkrelidze has been a professor of this university, and since 1966 the Head of the Chair of Structural and Applied Linguistics. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. In 1973-2006 he was a Director of the Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies (Tbilisi). Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He is the author of many outstanding works in the fields of Indo-European linguistics, Ancient languages, Theoretical linguistics, Structural and Applied Linguistics and Kartvelology. Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields Historical linguistics (also called diachronic linguistics) is the study of language change Theoretical linguistics is the branch of Linguistics that is most concerned with developing models of linguistic knowledge The Kartvelian studies, or Kartvelology (also Georgian studies is a field of humanities covering Kartvelian (Georgian history, languages He is a leading proponent of the glottalic theory of Proto-Indo-European consonants. The glottalic theory holds that Proto-Indo-European had ejective stops, p’ t’ k’ but not the murmured ones bʱ dʱ gʱ
In 1988-1995 he edited the Journal of the Russian Academy of Science "Voprosi Yazikoznanya". Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 He is a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences (2006), Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the European Society of Linguistics (in 1986-1988 President of this Society), Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Science, Doctor honoris causa of the Bonn University (Germany) and the University of Chicago (U.S.), Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of America, etc. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS is a corporation in the United States whose members serve Pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS is an organization dedicated to scholarship and the advancement of learning The British Academy is the United Kingdom 's National academy for the Humanities and the Social sciences It was established by Royal Charter Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Austrian Academy of Sciences ("Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften" is a legal entity under the special protection of the Federal Republic of Austria The Russian Academy of Sciences (Российская Академия Наук Rossi'iskaya Akade'miya Nau'k, shortened to PAH RAN) consists of the National An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa ( Latin: 'for the sake of the honour' is an Academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding The University of Bonn ( German: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Linguistic Society of America (LSA is a professional society for linguists He has received the Lenin Prize (1988), the Humboldt International Prize (1989) and the Ivane Javakhishvili Prize of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1992). The Lenin Prize ( Russian: Ленинская премия was one of the highest awards in the Soviet Union. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Ivane Javakhishvili (ივანე ჯავახიშვილი also spelled Javaxishvili or Javaxišvili ( April 11, 1876 &ndash November 18, Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) From 1992 to 2005 Gamkrelidze was a member of the Parliament of Georgia. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Some of the main works of Tamaz Gamkrelidze
- The Akkado-Hittite syllabary and the problem of the origin of the Hittite script, "Archiv Orientalni" (vol. 29). 1960
- Anatolian languages and the problem of Indo-European migration to Asia Minor, Studies in General and Oriental Linguistics. Tokyo, 1970
- Alphabetic writing and the old Georgian script. New York, Caravan Books, 1994
- with V. Vs. Ivanov: "Indo-european language and Indoeuropeans" (vols. Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov (born 21 August 1929 Moscow) is a prominent Soviet / Russian Philologist and Indo-Europeanist probably I-II). Berlin / New York, 1994-1995
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