On Wednesday, 19 November, at 14:00, St. Andrew the First-Called Georgian University of the Patriarchate of Georgia will host the presentation of a newly published monograph by Doctor of Philology Mikheil Labadze in the Small Hall named after St. Ilia the Righteous. The title of the monograph is “The Issue of Distinguishing between Language and Dialect in Linguistic Kartvelology (with Reference to International Experience)”.
The monograph addresses one of the key topics in contemporary linguistics, namely the problem of distinguishing between a language and a dialect. It examines the criteria used to define the status of a linguistic unit and discusses in which cases a particular variety is regarded as a language and in which cases as a dialect. Special attention is given to international scholarly approaches and to the ethnocultural factor, which remains one of the most frequently applied criteria worldwide.
The event is organized by the Kartvelology Centre of the School of Humanities and Law.
Attendance is free.
