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National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
395 Concord Avenue
Belmont, MA 02478
Tel.: 617-489-1610
Email: [email protected]
ARMENIAN DIALECTS TO BE ANALYZED IN LECTURE AT NAASR BY lUC bARONIAN
Linguist Luc Vartan Baronian will present a lecture entitled "On the
Classification, Antiquity, and Spread of the Armenian Dialects " on
Thursday, November 21, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. at the National Association
for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Center, 395 Concord Avenue,
Belmont, MA.
In this talk, Dr. Baronian proposes a new definition of the East/West
border dividing traditional Armenian dialects. The original
definition, due to Adjarian's (1909) foundational work, is based on
the present tense formation and reflects the pre-1915 Russian/Ottoman
border. Baronian argues that a methodologically sounder division
should rest on consonant systems, which then places the border roughly
between Greater Armenia and the minor kingdoms of the West.
By pushing back in time the Western consonant system, it becomes much
more likely that it was inherited from a spoken dialect contemporary
with Classical Armenian. Some arguments in favor of such a view have
already been proposed by noted linguists. Baronian brings the
arguments together for the first time, along with a series of new
findings from a careful study of dialect material. As will be made
clear, this new take on Armenian dialects is more consistent with a
prehistoric spread of the Armenian language from the West of the
Plateau to its East, rather than the opposite.
Holder of a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Stanford University, Luc Vartan
Baronian is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the Université du
Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC). He is the principal investigator on a
three-year Quebec governmental grant on Lexical Diffusion in the
Linguistics Atlases of French Canada. He has published on Louisiana
French, Quebec French, and Western Armenian in the areas of phonology,
morphology, and historical linguistics.
More information about this program may be had by calling
617-489-1610, faxing 617-484-1759, e-mailing [email protected], or writing
to NAASR, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478.
Belmont, MA
November 4, 2013
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
395 Concord Avenue
Belmont, MA 02478
Tel.: 617-489-1610
Email: [email protected]
ARMENIAN DIALECTS TO BE ANALYZED IN LECTURE AT NAASR BY lUC bARONIAN
Linguist Luc Vartan Baronian will present a lecture entitled "On the
Classification, Antiquity, and Spread of the Armenian Dialects " on
Thursday, November 21, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. at the National Association
for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Center, 395 Concord Avenue,
Belmont, MA.
In this talk, Dr. Baronian proposes a new definition of the East/West
border dividing traditional Armenian dialects. The original
definition, due to Adjarian's (1909) foundational work, is based on
the present tense formation and reflects the pre-1915 Russian/Ottoman
border. Baronian argues that a methodologically sounder division
should rest on consonant systems, which then places the border roughly
between Greater Armenia and the minor kingdoms of the West.
By pushing back in time the Western consonant system, it becomes much
more likely that it was inherited from a spoken dialect contemporary
with Classical Armenian. Some arguments in favor of such a view have
already been proposed by noted linguists. Baronian brings the
arguments together for the first time, along with a series of new
findings from a careful study of dialect material. As will be made
clear, this new take on Armenian dialects is more consistent with a
prehistoric spread of the Armenian language from the West of the
Plateau to its East, rather than the opposite.
Holder of a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Stanford University, Luc Vartan
Baronian is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the Université du
Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC). He is the principal investigator on a
three-year Quebec governmental grant on Lexical Diffusion in the
Linguistics Atlases of French Canada. He has published on Louisiana
French, Quebec French, and Western Armenian in the areas of phonology,
morphology, and historical linguistics.
More information about this program may be had by calling
617-489-1610, faxing 617-484-1759, e-mailing [email protected], or writing
to NAASR, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478.
Belmont, MA
November 4, 2013