Marika Jikia, Dr. Prof.
Marika Jikia, Dr. Prof.
jikiamarika@hotmail.com
tel. (00995) 555231437
Date of Birth – 04.01.1946
Education:
1964 -1969 – Oriental faculty at Tbilisi State University, Studies of Turkish and Georgian Philology (equal to MA)
1966-1971 – Studies in musicology (Tbilisi State University)
1969-1972 – Post-graduate study in theoretical linguistics (Tbilisi State University)
Scientific Degrees:
1975 – Candidate of Sciences (German Promotion) in Turkology
1995 – Doctor of sciences (German Habilitation) in Turkic and Kartvelian languages Positions held:
1996-2006 – Head of department of typological linguistics of G.Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies
2006 up to now – Full Professor and Head of Department of Turkology Iv. Javakhisvhili Tbilisi State University
Research fields:
Turkish Studies ( Morphology; Onomastics); Kartvelology (Georgian Poetics; Word Formation; Onomastics; Megrelian language);
Typology (Universals in personal names area;7±2on Different Language Levels);
Sociolinguistics: Language Planning, Gender Researcher.