Professor B George Hewitt
MA, PhD (Cantab), FBA
Overview
Department of the Languages and Cultures of Near and Middle East
(Professor of Caucasian Languages)
Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus
(Member, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus)
Caucasian languages (especially South and North-West Caucasian) and linguistics; language workContact Details
- Name:
- Professor B George Hewitt
- Email address:
- gh2@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4332
Interests / Disciplines
language; politics; human rights; historyTeaching
Programmes Convened
- BA ... and Georgian (minor)
- Certificate in Armenian Studies
- MA Islamic Societies and Cultures
- MA Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Courses Taught
Research
Caucasian linguistics; ethnic relationsExpertise
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Available for
- TV
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Long Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
- Near and Middle East
Country Expertise
- Georgia
Languages
- Abkhaz
- Georgian
- Mingselian
Publications
Authored Books
Hewitt, George (2005) Georgian: a learner's grammar (2nd edition). Routledge.
Hewitt, Brian (2005) Abkhazian Folklore (with grammatical introduction, translation, notes, and vocabulary). Lincom.
Hewitt, George (2005) Georgian: A Learner's Grammer (Revised 2nd Edition). Routledge.
Hewitt, George (2005) Abkhazian Folktales (with Grammatical Introduction, Translation, Notes, and Vocabulary). Mùˆnchen: Lincom.
Hewitt, George (2004) Introduction to the Study of the Languages of the Caucasus. Mùˆnchen: Lincom.
Hewitt, Brian (1996) Georgian: A learner''s grammar. Routledge.
Hewitt, Brian (1995) Georgian: A Structural Reference Grammar. Benjamins J.
Chapters in Books
Hewitt, George (2008) 'Similarities and Differences: some verbal contrasts between Georgian and Mingrelian.' In: Huber, Brigitte and Volkart, Marianne and Widmer, Paul, (eds.), Chomolangma, Demawend und Kasbek, Festschrift fuer Roland Bielmeier. Germany: Peter Schwieger, pp. 657-676.
Hewitt, Brian (2005) 'Towards a comparative syntax of the Kartvelian languages.' In: Haug, D and E.Welo,, (eds.), Haptachahaptaitis: Festschrift for Fridrik Thordarson. Norway, pp. 119-138.
Hewitt, Brian (2005) 'Caucasian Languages, and Georgian, and Abkhaz, and Georgia: the language-situation.' In: Brown, K, (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics (2nd edition). Elsevier.
Hewitt, Brian and Khiba, Z (2002) 'A selection of the Abkhaz corpus -- 10 stories translated from the Abkhaz Nart epic.' In: Colarusso, J, (ed.), John Colarusso's Nart Sagas from the Caucasus. Princeton University Press (USA), pp. 321-379.
Hewitt, Brian (1999) 'Morphology revisited: some pecularities of the Abkhaz verb.' In: van, H, (ed.), Studies in Caucasian Linguistics: Selected papers of the Eighth Caucasian Colloquium. Research School of Asian African and Amerindian St, pp. 197-208.
Articles
Hewitt, George (2007) 'Abkhaz comparatives.' Archiv Orientalni, 75 (2). pp. 215-237.
Hewitt, George (2005) 'The Syntax of Complementation in Abkhaz.' Iran and the Caucasus, 9 (2). pp. 331-79.
Hewitt, George (2005) 'North West Caucasian.' Lingua, 115 (1-2). pp. 91-145.
Hewitt, Brian (2001) 'Review-article of Svante Cornell 'Small Nations & Greta Powers'.' Royal Society for Asian Affairs, vol. XXXII.2 . pp. 196-199.
Hewitt, Brian (2001) 'Convergence in language-change: morpho-syntactic in Mingrelian (& Laz).' Transactions of the Philological Society, vol. 99.1 . pp. 99-145.
Book Reviews
Hewitt, Brian (2001) Review of Anita Budett (ed.) 'Caucausian Boundaries 1802-1946 (Archive Editions)'. Central Asian Survey, 20 (2). pp. 229-248.
Other
Hewitt, Brian (1998) The Languages of the Caucasus: scope for study and survival. SOAS.
