Dumézil Georges
G. Dumézil
Georges Dumézil (b. March 4, 1898, Paris – d. October 11, 1986, Paris) was a French linguist, Caucasologist, religious studies scholar specialized in comparative linguistics and mythology, Doctor of Sciences (1924), professor at the Istanbul and Uppsala universities (1931–1933).
In 1935, he started working at various higher education institutions in Paris. He is the author of the monographs: Études comparatives sur les langues caucasiennes du nord-ouest (1932), Recherches comparatives sur le verbe caucasien (1933), Ubykh Verb (1975).
Dumézil's research on the Abkhazian, Adyghe and Ubykh languages is well known. He also studied the Caucasian Albanians.
Literary works: Documents anatoliens sur les langues et les traditions du Caucase, t. 1–5, P., 1960–67; Oceтинский эпос и мифология, М., 1976.
Literature: ჩ ი ქ ო ბ ა ვ ა ა., იბერიულ-კავკასიურ ენათა შესწავლის ისტორია, თბ., 1965; А б а е в В. И., Ж. Дюмезиль – исследователь осетинского эпоса и мифологии, М., 1976.
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