Gabdulkhay Akhatov

Gabdulkhay Akhatov
Габдулхай Хурамович Ахатов
Габделхәй Хурам улы Əхәтов

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Portrait of Professor Gabdulkhay Akhatov
Born (1927-09-08)September 8, 1927
Staroye Aymanovo village, Menzelinsky Canton, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died November 25, 1986(1986-11-25) (aged 59)
Naberezhnyye Chelny, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Residence Kazan, Tatarstan (1947-1954); Tobolsk, Tyumen Oblast (1954-1958); Ufa, Bashkortostan (1958-1985); Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan (1985-1986)
Nationality USSR
Alma mater Kazan State Pedagogical Institute
Occupation Professor of Philology, Turkologist, Linguist
Known for foundation of the modern Tatar dialectological and phraseological research schools
Spouse(s) Roza Akhatova, nee Deminova (born (1929-07-11)July 11, 1929)
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Website http://www.akhatov.org
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Alma mater of professor Akhatov - Kazan State Pedagogical Institute (now - the Kazan (Volga region) Federal University)

Gabdulkhay Khuramovich Akhatov (Russian: Габдулха́й Хура́мович Аха́тов; Volga Tatar: Габделхәй Хурам улы Əхәтов; Ğabdelxəy Huram ulı Əxətov; September 8, 1927 - November 25, 1986) was a Soviet Volga Tatar Linguist, Turkologist and an organizer of science (earning his first Ph.D in 1954) and then a second doctorate of Philology in 1965.[1] Professor (1970).[1]

Akhatov graduated with honors from Kazan State Pedagogical Institute in 1951 and later from graduate school in 1954. He became a member of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Council of Ministers of the USSR and was also chairman of the specialized boards for doctoral and master's theses in a number of universities across the now-defunct USSR.[2]

Akhatov was the founder of a number of research institutions, including the modern scientific school of Tatar dialectological and the phraseological Kazan school.[3]

Although Gabdulkhay Akhatov was a Volga Tatar, he immersed into studying of the phonetic peculiarities of Siberian Tatar language of the indigenous population of Siberia, the Siberian Tatars. In his classic fundamental research work "The Dialect of the West Siberian Tatars" (1963) Akhatov wrote about Tobol-Irtysh Siberian Tatars, a western group of Siberian Tatars, who are indigenous to the Omsk and Tyumen Oblasts.

After a comprehensive integrated analysis of the phonetic system, the lexical composition and the grammatical structure, the scientist concluded that the language of the Siberian Tatars was a separate language from the beginning, and it is one of the most ancient Turkic languages.[4] He put the dialects of the Siberian Tatar language into two categories; one of Baraba and Tom Tatars which he named dialects of Eastern Siberian Tatars, while dialects of Tyumen and Omsk Oblasts he named dialects of Western Siberian Tatars.

By studying the phonetic peculiarities of the dialect of the local population of Siberia, Professor G.Akhatov first among the scientists discovered in the Speech of Siberian Tatars is such a thing as 'clip-clop',[5] which in his opinion, was obtained for the Siberian Tatars of Kipchaks.[6]

Akhatov, for the first time in Turkic studies, gave a theoretically consistent and systematic description of the idiomatic expressions of the Volga Tatar language. He is the author of the widely known book - "Phraseological Dictionary of the Tatar Language" (1982).[7]

For more than 30 years, Professor Akhatov headed the department of Tatar philology at various universities and institutes in Russia.

Akhatov also did research on the general theory of language. He published a fundamental work on the main sign of paired words,[8] explored and thoroughly investigated the nature of the double negative in the Turkic languages,[9] and also discovered and formulated the law of pairing in Turkic languages.[10]

Akhatov trained over 40 doctors and candidates of sciences, and published about 200 scientific papers.

He was a true polyglot. He knew more than two dozen languages.[11][12]

A number of his scientific works were highly praised at the XIII International Congress of Linguists (ICL) (Tokyo, 1982).[13] Akhatov organized and led several dialectological expeditions and was the author of fundamental scientific works, dictionaries, textbooks, manuals and programs for dialectology, phraseology, and lexicology.

He was a recipient of the Medal "For Labour Valour" and the Medal "Veteran of Labour".

His son Aydar Akhatov (born 20 June 1957) is a Russian state, political and public figure, Economist, a second doctorate in Economics, Ecologist and Lawyer[14]

Major works

References

  1. 1 2 Tatar Encyclopedia, Vol 1: The article "Akhatov Gabdulkhay Khuramovich." - "Institute of Tatar encyclopedia", Kazan, 2002, p. 233. (Russian)
  2. ↑ Professor Gabdulkhay Khuramovich Akhatov: Life and Work - "Tatarovedenie» - MTSS (Russian)
  3. ↑ "Akhatov Gabdulkhaev Huramovich". Encyclopedia RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS SCIENTISTS OF CIS AND NEAR ABROAD. Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  4. ↑ Gabdulkhay Akhatov. Dialect West Siberian Tatars. Ufa, 1963, 195 p. (Russian)
  5. ↑ Gabdulkhay Akhatov. The Dialect of the West Siberian Tatars. Ufa, 1963, 195 p. (Russian)
  6. ↑ Gabdulkhay Akhatov. Dialects of the West Siberian Tatars. Doctoral Dissertation. Tashkent, 1965. (Russian)
  7. ↑ Gabdulkhay Akhatov. Phraseological Dictionary of the Tatar Language (Monograph). Kazan, 1982. (Tatar Language)
  8. ↑ Gabdulkhay Akhatov. About Basic Features of Paired Words. - J. "The Soviet Finno-Ugric." Talin, 1981, № 2
  9. ↑ Gabdulkhay Akhatov. About the Nature of the Double Negative in the Turkic Languages of Kipchak-Bulgar Subgroup. - J. 'Soviet Turkology'. 1984, № 3.(Russian)
  10. ↑ Gabdulkhay Akhatov. About the Law of the Pairing of Words in Turkic Languages / Sat. 'Turcologica'. - Moscow, 1987.(Russian).
  11. ↑ Professor G. Akhatov / Official Website
  12. ↑ Professor G. Akhatov / VIP PERSON
  13. ↑ Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of Linguists, August 29 — September 4, 1982, Tokyo, Japan.
  14. ↑ Tatar Encyclopedia, Vol 1: The article " Aydar Gabdulkhaevich Akhatov ." - "Institute of Tatar encyclopedia". - Kazan, 2002, p. 233. (Russian)
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