Alexander Kibrik (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Кибрик; March 26, 1939 – 31 October, 2012) was a Russian linguist, doctor of philology and the head of the department of theoretical and applied linguistics of the Philological Faculty of Moscow State University.
Life
Kibrik was born in Leningrad, the son of the painter Yevgeny Kibrik. He became the head of the department of theoretical and applied linguistics of the Philological Faculty of the Moscow State University in 1992. He worked in the fields of linguistic typology, Northeast Caucasian languages and theoretical linguistics. Kibrik was especially well known for his longtime fieldwork and field teaching, as well as grammar-editing, on the languages of the Caucasus including the Archi, the Khinalug, the Godoberi, the Tsakhur, the Bagvalal, the Russian and Alutor languages.
Death
Kibrik died in Moscow at the age of 73 and was buried at Novodevichy cemetery, near his father. His wife was Russian linguist Antonina Koval. He had two children: the linguist Andrej Kibrik and the painter Nina Kibrik.
References
- Obituary, written by Peter Arkadiev on Diversity Linguistics Comment.
External links
- Kibrik's profile at the Russian Academy of Sciences website (in Russian)
- Kibrik's profile at the British Academy website
- Kibrik's personal page and Memorial page at the OTiPL website (in Russian)
- A. E. Kibrik: Obituary at the LINGUIST List by Barbara Hall Partee
- Aleksandr Kibrik. How I became a Linguist (Linguist of the Day at the LINGUIST List)
- Kibrik Family website (in Russian)
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