JIKIA, Marika

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilissi State University

jikiamarika@hotmail.com

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.