Armenian

“This is the first scientific description of the Eastern Armenian language which has been written outside of Armenia and in a western language. The author is a schooled linguist who published in the field of descriptive linguistics and sociolinguistics+ADs- she is also an experienced armenologist and one of the few non-Armenian linguists who has a fluent command of Eastern Armenian. The grammar describes not just the codified literary language but draws extensively on the author's knowledge of everyday Armenian as it is spoken in normal communication. In the grammar she describes many features that have not been registered before in existing descriptions. In its scope and approach the grammar is unique and will provide a modern description to a language with old roots.”

“Dr. Dum-Tragut makes an important contribution to general linguistics and the study of Eastern Armenian alike, because her grammar is written using contemporary linguistic methodology. Moreover, based on long years of observation of the language and thanks to a perfect command of its many registers, Dr. Dum-Tragut has written a grammar that addresses both the language as it is actually spoken and the linguistic norm as it is upheld in the Republic of Armenia.”

“Despite the importance of Modern Eastern Armenian (MEA) for typological linguistics, for areal typology, and as the official language of a geopolitically important country, there has hitherto been no comprehensive grammar of the language in English. Grammars of MEA in other languages rarely go into any detail on the syntax, while grammars written in Armenian use a local grammatical tradition that is largely impenetrable to outsiders. For the first time those interested in the structure of MEA have a grammar that deals with current usage, is thorough in its coverage (especially of syntax), and is presented in a way that makes it accessible to those with no prior knowledge of Armenian.”

“Jasmine Dum-Tragut's grammar of Modern East Armenian is the first modern treatise of the language covering both Literary and Spoken East Armenian. It represents the long-awaited comprehensive reference grammar for this language packed with information that is extremely useful not only for those who are interested in the amazing world of Armenia, but also for both language learners and linguists. Thanks to the brilliant and unbiased description written by the perhaps most profiled expert of Modern East Armenian, the impressive book will undoubtedly become the standard reference for this fascinating language..”