Articles & Collections
Featured Academic Papers
Paremiology and Folklore Studies
“Variants and Variations of Somali Proverbs” (2008)
Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship, Vol. 25. Burlington
Analysis of proverb variations collected during the Berlin and Aarhus paremiological experiments.
“Some Results of the Somali Paremiological Experiment” (2004)
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Cushitic and Omotic Languages, Leiden
Comprehensive analysis of the empirical study involving 656 proverbs and 45 informants.
“On Somali Paremias” (2000)
Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship, Vol. 17. Burlington
Theoretical framework for understanding Somali proverbial traditions.
“Paremias without Sentence Particles” (2007)
Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia, Band 5. Aachen
Linguistic analysis of archaic grammatical forms in Somali proverbs.
Linguistic Studies
“Kinship Terms in Somali and Oromo” (2008)
Исследования по языкам Африки, Выпуск 2. Moscow
Comprehensive comparative study of kinship terminology in Cushitic languages.
“Logical Accent in Somali Language: Sentence Particle waa” (1997)
Африка в меняющемся мире. Moscow
Detailed grammatical analysis of focus marking in Somali.
“Logical Accent in Somali Language: Sentence Particle baa” (1998)
Африка: общества, культуры, языки. Moscow
Continuation of focus particle analysis.
“Logical Accent in Somali Language: Sentence Particle waxaa” (1999)
Африка: общества, культуры, языки. Moscow
Complete analysis of the waxaa focus construction.
Cultural and Literary Studies
“Men and Women in Somali Narrative Folklore” (2007)
Buranbur Conference Proceedings, San Diego
Gender analysis in Somali oral traditions and storytelling.
“On Peculiarities of Somali Language, Proverbs and Folktales” (2007)
Buranbur Conference Proceedings, San Diego
Comprehensive overview of distinctive features in Somali linguistic and cultural traditions.
“War and Peace in Somali Oral Traditions” (1997)
Pour une Culture de la Paix en Somalie. Paris
Analysis of conflict and reconciliation themes in Somali folklore.
Review Articles
“On the Book by A.K. Zholkovsky ‘Syntax of Somali’” (2007)
Critical review of the first Russian-language book on Somali syntax.
“Scholars in the Country of Poets” (2001)
Horn of Africa, Vol. XIX. Newark
Report from the 8th International Congress of Somali Studies in Hargeisa.
Conference Presentations
- 9th Congress of Somali Studies International Association (2008)
- 7th International Semitohamitic Congress, Berlin (2004)
- 4th International Conference of Cushitic and Omotic Languages, Leiden (2003)
- Buranbur Conference, San Diego (2007)
- International Congress of Somali Studies, Hargeisa (2001)
Publication Impact
Dr. Kapchits’ articles have been instrumental in advancing the field of Somalistics and have established new methodological approaches to the study of Cushitic languages and oral traditions.