Holistic Grammer of Modern Eastern Armenian

Modern linguistics present languages by means of modern, typological definitions and features following the demands for clearly formalized descriptions in so-called modern reference grammars. Modern Eastern Armenian is only presented by traditional grammars, which have remained unchanged for the last three decades and do neither comprise important structural features, constructions or new linguistic developments. Eastern Armenian as spoken - and written - in the Republic of Armenia nowadays has developed and even departed from its last "normative" grammar, written bei Abrahamyan in 1975. This modern reference grammar of Eastern Armenian will also, in addition to a complete description of the language in modernized terminology, provide explanations for new structures. Innovations and changes in languages are usually motivated by natural linguistic developments or tendencies, which usually coincide with linguistic developments in a whole area such as the Armenian Highland. Of major importance for the linguistic situation in the Armenian Republic are, however, other factors, such as a rigorous language policy, language and even dialect contact. Since Armenia`s independence in 1991 there are movements to oust Russian and to replace it by Armenian. With the opening of the Republic Armenia to the Western Culture, the technical, political, economic terminology has often been "internationalized" by means of English.Major demographic changes in Armenia in the last 15 years, such as mass emigration, immigration of refugees from Mountainous Kharabakh and Azerbaijan, rural exodus and repatriation of Diaspora Armenians, have influenced Eastern Armenian language: both dialects and the second Armenian Standard Language, Western Armenian have left their linguistic marks on Modern Eastern Armenian. This intensive contact with the Western Armenian has also led to a natural convergence of the two existing literary Modern Armenian varieties. The projcect primarily focuses on a precise, concise and explicit description of today`s spoken and written Eastern Armenian in the Republic of Armenia in order to provide a detailed and actualized grammar of Eastern Armenian, which will also meet all requirements of modern general linguistics, typology, comparative linguistics and historical linguistics. Additionally, new and altered linguistic properties of colloquial Eastern Armenian will be collected in an "Outline-Grammar " and will be explained by a) analyzing and applying modern linguistic theories and b) by extensive field work in Armenia and c) considering language policy and social and demographic changes.

Modern linguistics present languages by means of modern, typological definitions and features following the demands for clearly formalized descriptions in so-called modern reference grammars. Modern Eastern Armenian is only presented by traditional grammars, which have remained unchanged for the last three decades and do neither comprise important structural features, constructions or new linguistic developments. Eastern Armenian as spoken - and written - in the Republic of Armenia nowadays has developed and even departed from its last "normative" grammar, written bei Abrahamyan in 1975. This modern reference grammar of Eastern Armenian will also, in addition to a complete description of the language in modernized terminology, provide explanations for new structures. Innovations and changes in languages are usually motivated by natural linguistic developments or tendencies, which usually coincide with linguistic developments in a whole area such as the Armenian Highland. Of major importance for the linguistic situation in the Armenian Republic are, however, other factors, such as a rigorous language policy, language and even dialect contact. Since Armenia`s independence in 1991 there are movements to oust Russian and to replace it by Armenian. With the opening of the Republic Armenia to the Western Culture, the technical, political, economic terminology has often been "internationalized" by means of English.Major demographic changes in Armenia in the last 15 years, such as mass emigration, immigration of refugees from Mountainous Kharabakh and Azerbaijan, rural exodus and repatriation of Diaspora Armenians, have influenced Eastern Armenian language: both dialects and the second Armenian Standard Language, Western Armenian have left their linguistic marks on Modern Eastern Armenian. This intensive contact with the Western Armenian has also led to a natural convergence of the two existing literary Modern Armenian varieties. The projcect primarily focuses on a precise, concise and explicit description of today`s spoken and written Eastern Armenian in the Republic of Armenia in order to provide a detailed and actualized grammar of Eastern Armenian, which will also meet all requirements of modern general linguistics, typology, comparative linguistics and historical linguistics. Additionally, new and altered linguistic properties of colloquial Eastern Armenian will be collected in an "Outline-Grammar " and will be explained by a) analyzing and applying modern linguistic theories and b) by extensive field work in Armenia and c) considering language policy and social and demographic changes.