Education
Department of Romance and Germanic Languages, Philological Faculty, Yerevan State University, 1970 - 1975
Post-graduate courses in “General Linguistics”, Yerevan State University, 1975 - 1979

Academic Degree
Candidate - “Linguistic Analysis of the Language Expressions of Conjunction”, 1980, Yerevan state University
Doctoral - “Analysis of Language Expressions of Implication”, 1992, Institute of Linguistics of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

Professional Experience
Since 2006: Head of Chair of Russian Linguistics, Typology and Theory of Communication, Yerevan State University
1994 - 2006: Professor at the Chair of English Philology, Yerevan State University
1994 - 1996: Head of Chair of Foreign Languages, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
1994 - 1995: Visiting Professor, Montclair State University, USA
1984 - 1995: Senior Scientific Researcher, Leading Scientific Researcher, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
1984 - 1991: Associate Professor at the Chair of Foreign Languages, Yerevan State University
1979 - 1991: Lecturer at the Chair of Foreign Languages, Yerevan State University

Academic Courses
Philosophy of Language
Theory of Communication
Theory of Cross-Cultural Communication
General Linguistics
Contemporary Linguistic Teachings
Methodology of Scientific Work Preparation
Theory of Speech Acts

Scale of Professional Interests
Philosophy of Language
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Linguistics
Pragmalinguistics
Gender Linguistics
General and Cognitive Linguistics
Theory of Cross-Cultural Communication
Theory of Argumentation
Problems of Toponymy

Participation in grant projects (present and past)
IREX, 1994 - 1995

Languages
Armenian, Russian, English

Professional membership (NGO, professional council, editorial staff of scientific journal, funds etc.)
Full Member of the Armenian Philosophical Academy
Member of International Society for the Study of Argumentation (the Netherlands)
Member of International Pragmatics Association (Belgium)
Member of the Specialized Council 019 at the Institute of Linguistics, NAS of Armenia
Member of the International Biographical Centre (Great Britain)
Head of the Commission Taking Qualification Exams in Speciality at Faculty of Russian Philology, Yerevan State University
Member of Council at the Faculty of Russian Philology, Yerevan State University
Member of Council at the Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology, Yerevan State University
Member of the Board of Journal «Բանբեր»

Awards received
RA Ministry of Science and Education Diploma - 2009
Certificate “Leading Educator of the World 2005”, Great Britain - 2005

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