About the book “Modern Armenian Language: Morphology” by Yu. Avetisyan
After the last textbook presenting the morphology of the Modern Armenian language, almost half a century of silence in this field of research was broken by the publication of a new book of the same title. It is also true that morphological changes in language occur slowly, so it is natural that large-scale studies in this dimension can be published intermittently for decades. Yuri Avetisyan’s “The Modern Armenian Language: Morphology” is a worthy work in terms of content and structure – thoughtful, structured, restrained, with an accurate combination of scientific caution and courage, a study that has important scientific and educational value at the present stage of the Armenian language.
The structure, serious content and rich practical material with examples in this book really make it possible to fully use it as a university textbook, since it includes not only extensive theoretical material, from historical views on this morphological reality to the separation and filtering of outdated forms and new combinations, but also tools for conducting practical and research work, for example, the section “Topics of Reports and Essays” presented at the end of the book, or the “Dictionaries” section highlighted in the “Literature” section.