L. KHACHATRYAN, “LINGUISTIC TRADITIONS, NEW AND MODERN DIRECTIONS” (FROM THE IV MILLENIUM BC TO THE XXI C.)

Abstract

The review is dedicated to the monograph and educational manual “Linguistic Traditions” (from the IV Millenium Bc to the XXI c.).
The above-mentioned monograph das exceptional value, as the auther has comprehensively covered the history of world linguistic thought-ancient, modern and newest linguistic trends, including the achievements of Armenian linguistics in their formatic periods, with authors, main works problems, methods and development prospects.
The monograph is valued for the contempory fact, that for the first time in the history of Armenian linguistics.
The main issues of communicative, computational, textual, corpus linguistics and the latest linguistic interdisciplinary directions – ethnolinguistics, linguistic statistics, ecolinguistics, linguistic futurology and linguistic geography- are presented and commented on.
The issues raised in the monograph-text book are interested by combining modern achievements in linguistics with innovative approaches, which are conditional by the wide scope of Proffesor L. Khachatryan’s scientific research and a linguistic studes.
This monograph is a long-awaited and valuable study, intended not only for students of humanities faculties, but also for a wide range of info involved in the history of Armenology and linguistics.