ON TEACHER (the 80th anniversary of G. K. WERNER)

Polenova Galina Tikhonovna

DOI: 10.23951/2307-6119-2017-1-108-116

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Polenova G. T. Taganrog A. P. Chekhov Institute (branch) of Rostov State University of Economics (RINKh). E-mail: polenova@mail.ru

The article is written by a disciple of G. K. Werner. It describes the life record and the scholarly work of the teacher. It considers in detail the contents of monographs (21), the scholar’s papers, dictionaries composed by him. Also, the article characterizes his educational and methodological activity in the German and Ket languages. Firstly, the background information is given and then the research work of G. K. Werner is described. There are three periods differentiated on geographical basis: work in Tomsk, in Taganrog and in Bonn. Much attention is paid to the field work and the use of expedition materials for further research of the Yenisei languages. The article deals with the work of G. K. Werner as a thesis adviser, the peculiarities of his consultations. The article also mentions a large number of published and unpublished reviews and comments on the research papers and dissertations on the US, Polish, German and Russian linguists.

Keywords: Yenisei languages, Kott language, Ket, Yugh language, Southern Siberia, Dingling, Xiongnu, tengrizm, sound system, accentology, protoculture, Indian languages, Na-Dene languages, ethnicity, ornamentation

References:

Werner G. K. Kottskiy yazyk [Kott Language]. – Rostov-on-Don: Univercity, 1990a. (in Russian)

Werner G. K. Sravnitelnaya fonetika Yeniseyskih yazykov. [Comparative phonetics of the Yenisei languages]. – Taganrog: TGPI, 1990b. (in Russian)

Werner H. Abriß der kottischen Grammatik. [Outline of the Kott grammar]. In: Tunguso-Sibirica. – Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1997b. – Vol. 4.

Werner H. Das Jugische (Sym-Ketische). In: Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica, Bd. 50. [The Yug (Sym-Ket). In: Publications of Uralo-Altaica Society. Vol. 50]. – Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1997a.

Werner H. Probleme der Wortbildung in den Jenissej-Sprachen. In: LINCOM Studies in Asian Linguistics 25. [Problems of word formation in the Yenisei languages. In: LINCOM Studies in Asian Linguistics 25]. – München/Newcastle: Verlag Lincom Europa, 1998.

Werner H. Das Klassensystem in den Jenissej-Sprachen. In: Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica, Bd. 40. [The class system in the Yenisei languages. In: Publications of of Uralo-Altaica Society, Vol.40]. – Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1994.

Werner H. Die Glaubensvorstellungen der Jenissejer aus der Sicht des Tengrismus. In: Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica. – Bd. 73. [The beliefs of the Yeniseans from the point of view of Tengrism. In: Publications of Uralo-Altaica Society, vol. 73]. – Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007.

Werner H. Die Jugen (Sym-Jenissejer) im Lichte ihrer Sprache. In: LINCOM Studies in Anthropology. [The Yugs (SymYenisejer) in the light of their language. In: LINCOM Studies in Anthropology]. – München: Verlag Lincom Europa, 2011.

Werner H. Die ketische Sprache. In: Tunguso-Sibirica, Bd. 3. [The Ket language. In: Tunguso-Sibirica. – Vol. 3]. – Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1997c.

Werner H. Die Welt der Jenissejer im Lichte des Wortschatzes (Zur Rekonstruktion der jenissejischen Protokultur). In: Veröffentlichungen der Uralo-Altaica Society. – Bd. 69. – [The world of Jenisseyer in the light of the vocabulary (To reconstruct the Yenisseyan protoculture). In: Publications of Uralo-Altaica Society. Vol. 69.]. – Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2006.

Werner H. Vergleichende Akzentologie der Jenissej-Sprachen. In: Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica, – Bd. 56. [Comparative accentology of the Yenisei languages. In: Publications of the of Uralo-Altaica Society. – Vol. 56]. – Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1996.

Werner H. Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen. – Bd. I, II, III. – [Comparative Dictionary of Yenisei Languages. – Vol. I, II, III]. – Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2002.

Werner H. Zur Typologie der jenissejischen Protokultur (nach sprachlichen und mythologischen Daten). In: LINCOM Studies in Anthropology 13. [On the typology of the Yeniseian protoculture (according to linguistic and mythological data). In: LINCOM Studies in Anthropology 13]. – München: Verlag Lincom Europa, 2010.

Werner H. Zur Typologie der Jenissej-Sprachen. In: Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo Altaica. – Bd. 45. – [On the Typology of Yenissey Languages. In: Publications of Uralo-Altaica Society. – Vol. 45]. – Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1995.

Zhivova G. T. Mestoimeniya v ketskom yazyke (sravnitelno-tipologicheskoye issledovaniye mestoimeniy ketskogo yazyka v sopostavlenii s mestoimeniyami drugikh yazykov) [Pronouns in Ket (comparative-typological study of pronouns in the Ket language in comparison with the pronouns in other languages). Abstract of dissertation for the degree of candidate of philological sciences]. – Leningrad: Nauka, 1978. (in Russian)

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