Vintage 1966 Georgian Language Mountain Dialects Linguistics Soviet USSR Book
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Vintage 1966 Georgian Language Mountain Dialects Linguistics Soviet USSR Book. (Утургаიძე). The text investigates the unique phonetic, grammatical, and lexical features of the high-altitude Georgian mountain dialects (such as those spoken in the historic regions of Khevsureti and Mtiuleti). Up for sale is a rare vintage Soviet linguistic monograph titled "ქართული ენის მთის კილოთა ზოგი თავისებურება" (Some Features of the Mountain Dialects of the Georgian Language) , written by the prominent scholar Fedor Gigoevich Uturgaidze (Ф. Г. Утургаიძე). Published in Tbilisi in 1966 by the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR "Metsniereba" publishing house, this academic study is an exceptional find for specialists in South Caucasian languages and dialectology. The text investigates the unique phonetic, grammatical, and lexical features of the high-altitude Georgian mountain dialects (such as those spoken in the historic regions of Khevsureti and Mtiuleti). It analyzes the profound historical language contact, mixing, and substrate influences between mountain Georgian dialects and Nakh languages (including Vainakh elements). The work heavily relies on field data collected directly on-site from native speakers in remote mountain villages like Anakha and Shatili. The volume features dual-language elements, incorporating both the main Georgian script layout and an official parallel Russian abstract title page block. Author: Fedor Gigoevich Uturgaidze (თ. უთურგაიძე / Федор Гигоевич Утургаиძе) Title: Some Features of the Mountain Dialects of the Georgian Language Publisher: გამომცემლობა „მეცნიერება“ (Metsniereba Publishing House), Tbilisi Year Printed: 1966 Binding: Hardcover (Please specify outer cover color/material as it is not pictured) Language: Main text in Georgian, with parallel title and abstract data in Russian Condition: Very good vintage condition. The block binding remains structurally firm, tight, and completely sound. Internal sheets are remarkably clean, crisp, and well-preserved, free from modern ink inscriptions, water spots, or highlighted text, displaying only light uniform age-toning and a natural paper patina. Features a small vintage handwritten library classification index block on an internal sheet. Please review the provided photos for exact text details.
