Georgi L. KapchitsSomali language and folklore · academic profile

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News & Publications

Interviews, press coverage and travel essays: the 2006 and 2012 interviews, The Guardian on the Hargeisa Book Fair, and the 2009 journey through Somalia

  • “Somalis Do Not Use Proverbs to Lie”: Dr. Georgi Kapchits in the Horn NewspaperInterview with Dr. Georgi Kapchits at the 5th Hargeisa Book Fair, where he presented 'Soomaalidu Been ma Maahmaahdo' — on the project to collect … Open in this view
  • The Guardian on the Hargeisa Book FairThe Guardian's report on the fifth Hargeisa International Book Fair, where Dr. Kapchits presented 'Somalis Do Not Lie in Proverbs' Open in this view
  • The WardheerNews Interview (2006): Selected PassagesSelected passages, in English translation, from the Somali-language interview WardheerNews published with Dr. Georgi Kapchits on 25 January 2006 — and … Open in this view

Publications

Complete bibliography of Dr. Kapchits' academic works including monographs, articles, and folklore collections

  • «Qaamuuska Casriga ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed» — wixii iiga baxayCaliqeyr M. Nuur (Aliqeyr M. Nur): «Qaamuuska Casriga ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed» — wixii iiga baxay — full text Open in this view
  • A review of «A Modern Somali Dictionary of Proverbs» by Georgi KapchitsAdan Makina: A review of «A Modern Somali Dictionary of Proverbs» by Georgi Kapchits — full text Open in this view
  • Dr. Georgi Kapchits: Aqoonyahan Abaalmarin Innaga MudanKhaliil Cabdiraxmaan X. Xasan iyo lix qoraa: Dr. Georgi Kapchits: Aqoonyahan Abaalmarin Innaga Mudan — full text Open in this view
  • Drought in Somali FolkloreA column by Dr. Georgi Kapchits on drought as a plot-shaping motif of the Somali narrative tradition — from 'A Soothsayer Tested' to the tales of … Open in this view
  • Faaliyihii la bilkeydayCabdiraxmaan Faarax «Barwaaqo»: Faaliyihii la bilkeyday — full text Open in this view
  • Festifaalka Toddobaadka Soomaalida 2011ka ee London iyo ka soo Qaybgalka Dr Georgi KapchitsMaxamed Xasan «Alto»: Festifaalka Toddobaadka Soomaalida 2011ka ee London iyo ka soo Qaybgalka Dr Georgi Kapchits — full text Open in this view
  • Gorfayn BuugCabdirisaaq Baraag: Gorfayn Buug — full text Open in this view
  • Gorfeynta «Qaamuuska Casriga Ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed» ee uu Qoray Georgi KapchitsAdan Makina: Gorfeynta «Qaamuuska Casriga Ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed» ee uu Qoray Georgi Kapchits — full text Open in this view
  • Hubsiino hal baa la siistaa!Cabdirisaaq Baraag: Hubsiino hal baa la siistaa! — full text Open in this view
  • Introduction to Aliqeyr Mohamed Nur's "Dhibkii Dheef Baa Ka Dambaysay"G. L. Kapchits's introduction to the Somali novel Dhibkii Dheef Baa Ka Dambaysay (Well-being after suffering) by Aliqeyr Mohamed Nur: Somali poets … Open in this view
  • Introduction to European ProverbsWhy proverbs open a language: the shared European stock, its Latin, Greek and biblical layers, and how the same situation is modelled by different … Open in this view
  • Isha Cumar ka lulata / The Knocked-Out Eye of the Hyena: Somali Folk TalesAdan Makina: Isha Cumar ka lulata / The Knocked-Out Eye of the Hyena: Somali Folk Tales — full text Open in this view
  • Kapchits, G. Qaamuuska Casriga Ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed. A Modern Dictionary of Somali Proverbs. Laashin, 2020. 347 p.Peter Unseth: Kapchits, G. Qaamuuska Casriga Ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed. A Modern Dictionary of Somali Proverbs. Laashin, 2020. 347 p. — full text Open in this view
  • Kinship Terms in Somali and Oromo: A Comparative StudyComprehensive comparative analysis of kinship terminology systems in Cushitic languages Open in this view
  • Lamberti's Maps of Somali Dialects and the Current Socio-Linguistic Situation in South SomaliaA study arguing that Marcello Lamberti's dialect maps need updating after the war-driven migrations in South Somalia, with a worked example of the … Open in this view
  • Men and Women in the Somali Narrative FolkloreA conference paper on what Somali proverbs and folktales say about women, their place in the traditional society and their relationships with men. Open in this view
  • On Somali paremias based on numbersTen Somali clichés built on numbers — labaley, saddexley, afarrey, shanley — analysed by Permyakov's logico-semiotic method: the thematic pairs, the … Open in this view
  • On Some Peculiarities of the Somali Language, Proverbs and FolktalesA conference paper outlining the grammar of Somali, the genres of Somali folk prose, the poetics of the proverb and the nature of proverbs as signs of … Open in this view
  • Out of the Mouth of Babes and SucklingsAn essay by Dr. Georgi Kapchits on children's wisdom in Somali folklore — and a memorable encounter in a Somali class in Aarhus Open in this view
  • Paremias without sentence particlesEight types of Somali proverbs in which the obligatory sentence particles are absent — and the group in which no particle can be reconstructed at all, … Open in this view
  • Preserving the Traditional Stories: The Knocked-out Eye of the HyenaAliqeyr Mohammed Nur: Preserving the Traditional Stories: The Knocked-out Eye of the Hyena — full text Open in this view
  • Qaamuuska Maahmaahyadu waa Qiimo GalIbraahim M. Deeq: Qaamuuska Maahmaahyadu waa Qiimo Gal — full text Open in this view
  • Review of: Sentence particles in the Somali language and their usage in proverbsGiorgio Banti: Review of: Sentence particles in the Somali language and their usage in proverbs — full text Open in this view
  • Review of: Somali proverbs and sayings in Somali and Russian with Russian equivalentsB. W. Andrzejewski: Review of: Somali proverbs and sayings in Somali and Russian with Russian equivalents — full text Open in this view
  • Some results of the Somali paremiological experiment in Berlin and ArhusThe fullest account of the Somali paremiological experiment: how the corpus of 656 truncated proverbs was built, how 45 informants completed them, and … Open in this view
  • Soomaalidu Been Ma Maahmaahdaa?Cabdiraxmaan C. Faarax «Guri Barwaaqo»: Soomaalidu Been Ma Maahmaahdaa? — full text Open in this view
  • The Best Book on Somali ProverbsAliqeyr M. Nur: The Best Book on Somali Proverbs — full text Open in this view
  • The Country of Poets and PiratesAn essay on a two-week journey through Somalia and Puntland in May 2009, with meetings with President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, President Faroole, the … Open in this view
  • The proverbs shown on this siteThe full set of Somali proverbs that appear, one at a time, on the front page — with their sources Open in this view
  • The Traveller to Legendary LandsGeorgi Kapchits's interview with Sheila Andrzejewski about her husband B. W. Andrzejewski ('Goosh'), the pioneer of Somali studies: his path from … Open in this view
  • Variants and Variations of Somali ProverbsDeviations from the standard proverbial form divide into variations, which leave the general meaning intact, and variants, which modify it — … Open in this view

Research Portfolio

Comprehensive overview of Dr. Kapchits' research projects, fieldwork, and scholarly contributions

  • Conferences & CongressesCongresses and conferences at which Dr. Kapchits presented his work on Somali syntax, paremiology and folklore, from Mogadishu 1989 to Hargeisa 2012 Open in this view
  • Research ProjectsThe paremiological experiment, the dictionary of Somali proverbs, kinship terminology and dialect research — the long-running projects behind the … Open in this view
  • Scholars in the Country of PoetsNotes on the 8th International Congress of Somali Studies (Hargeisa, July 3-13, 2001) by Dr. Georgi Kapchits — poets, papers and the scholarly … Open in this view

Somalistics

Work on the language itself: the sentence particle system, kinship terminology, the dialects of southern Somalia, and the archaic grammar preserved in proverbs

  • Lexical GlossariesSomali lexical studies by Dr. Kapchits: the kinship terminology corpus published with V. Ya. Porkhomovsky (2008) and the archaic fractional vocabulary … Open in this view
  • Media & BroadcastingRadio Moscow's Somali service, the 2009 travel essays from Somalia, and recorded interviews with Dr. Kapchits Open in this view

Single pages

  • ContactHow to reach Dr. Georgi L. Kapchits — correspondence on Somali language, proverbs and folklore Open in this view
  • Dr. Georgi L. KapchitsThe autobiography of Dr. Georgi L. Kapchits, with brief notes on his research, press coverage and languages Open in this view
  • FAQCommon questions about Dr. Georgi Kapchits, the Somali paremiological minimum, the books, and the use of material published on this site Open in this view
  • For StudentsA practical starting point for students of Somali: what to read first, why the focus particles matter, and how to record proverbs and tales properly Open in this view
  • PhotographsPhotographs from the archive of Dr. Georgi L. Kapchits: Mogadishu, Puntland, Djibouti, Ohio Open in this view
  • ResourcesExternal links for Somali studies: institutions, associations, journals, language archives and Somali-language media Open in this view
  • Site mapEvery page of the English version of Kapchits.Online in one list, arranged as the site itself is arranged Open →
  • Terms & CopyrightCopyright, citation, third-party materials and privacy on Kapchits.online Open in this view

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