Conferences: Participation
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- May 17-18, 2016: Հանրալեզվաբանական մոտեցում առածների թարգմանության մեջ
[The sociolinguistic aspect of translating proverbs]. International Conference “The Contemporary Linguistics in the Light of Interdisciplinarity”, YSU, Armenia.
- October 15-16, 2015: Կլարա Զիգրիստ-Հիլթիի օրագրությունները Հայոց ցեղասպանության մասին»,
Գիտաժողով նվիրված Հայոց ցեղասպանության 100-ամյակին, ՀՀ ԳԱԱ . [The diary of Clara
Sigrist-Hilty on the Armenian Genocide], International Conference dedicated to the Centenial of
the Armenian Genocide, National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Armenia.
- October 3-6, 2015: Լեզվի տնտեսական սկզբունքը հայերենի դերբայական
հարացույցում. Տիպաբանական քննություն [Language economy in the Armenian
participial paradigm: A typological examination] International Conference, Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary of Manouk Abeghyan, Vanadzor State University, October 3-6, 2015.
- June 11-12, 2014: Խնդրառության մի քանի հարցեր [On Some Problems of Governing] Djahukian Readings: International Symposium, Institute of Linguistics, National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Armenia, 2014.
- July 3-5, 2010: Մեսրոպեան այբուբենի ընթերցման երկու եղանակները. Արեւմտահայերէնի ուղղագրութեան ուսուցման հարցեր եւ առաջարկներ։ [On the two readings of the Armenian Alphabet. Proposals for the Instruction of West Armenian Orthography] Conference on the Status of West Armenian Instruction in the Diaspora, organized by the Ministry of Diaspora of RA in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia, 3-5 July, 2010.
- October 3-5, 2007: Հայերենի բնօրինակ հասկացությունների ընկալման և այլ
լեզուների թարգմանելու հնարավորությունների մասին [On Understanding and Translating “genuine” Armenian words], International Conference “Homage to Edward Atayan” Held at Yerevan State University 3-5 October, 2007.
- October 1, 2007: "On Nominalizations Expressing Facts. The Armenian Infinitive Revisited". Keynote speaker at the International conference "Homage to Edward Atayan" at Yerevan State University in Yerevan, Armenia.
- October 7, 2005: "The Power of Translation in the Strife of the Armenian Cause". Symposium dedicated to the 1600th Anniversary of the Invention of the Armenian Alphabet at the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Canada, Montreal.
- September 2003: Հայերենի բնօրինակ հասկացությունների ընկալման և այլ լեզուների թարգմանելու հնարավորությունների մասին (On the Translatibility of some basic Armenian words and phrases). International Congress on Armenology, Yerevan.
- October 2002: Առածները որպես օտար լեզուների դասավանդման ուսումնական նյութ (Proverbs as part of the Foreign-language Curriculum). Keynote Speaker at the III International Conference on Semiotics and Language Teaching, YSU, Yerevan, Armenia.
- October 23-24, 1998: “The Smyrna catastrophe as presented in Dr. Garabed Hatcherian’s journal ‘My Smyrna Ordeal of 1922’.” International Conference on Genocide, California State University at Sacramento.
- September 1997: “The Language of Truth in Dr. G. Hatcherian’s Diary,” Asia Minor Holocaust Memorial Program on the Occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the Smyrna Disaster, US Capitol Building, West Terrace, Washington.
- September 1996: “Translation (into German and English) of some Basic Words and Phrases in Armenian Proverbs”, VII International Congress of AIEA (Association international des études arméniennes), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
- June 1996: “Arbeit mit deutschen Minidialogen: Eine positive Erfahrung,” 3. Jahresversammlung des Armenischen Deutschlehrerverbandes, Yerevan, Armenia.
- May 1996: “On New Trends in Foreign Language Teaching,” Annual Convention of the Teachers of English in Armenia, American University of Armenia.
- May 1996: (Special invitation): “Applying Pragmalinguistics in Foreign Language Teaching,” II Conference on Semiotics and Language Teaching. Theoretical Principles and Practical Applications, Yerevan State University, Armenia.
- October 1994: “Rede und Antwort: ein neues Übungsgeschehen,” Staff-Student Colloquium, Department of German Studies, McGill University.
- September 1993: “Folk Beliefs in Armenian Proverbs,” 10th Anniversary Conference AIEA, London University, School of Oriental and African Studies, England.
- August 1993: “DaF and the Grammar of Expectancy,” X Mondial Congress of Teachers of German, Leipzig, Germany.
- September 1992: “Antizipationen für die Translationsdidaktik,” Translation Studies Con-gress, Vienna, Austria.
- September 1991: “On Grammar in Armenian Proverbs. A Comparative Study with Other Indo-European Languages,” Fourth International Conference on Armenian Linguistics, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, U.S.A.
- April 1991: “The Semantics of Connectives Revisited,” 36th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association, New York, U.S.A.
- October 1990: “Reaching Brevity in Proverbs through Relative Participles. A Contrastive Approach in Paremiology,” Fifth Biennial Conference of AIEA , University of Bologna, Italy.
- April 1990: “On the Translation of Participles Across Languages,” 9th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, AILA Thessaloniki (Association internationale de linguistique appliquée), Greece.
- October 1989: “Translation as a Means of Defining Grammatical Structures,” International Symposium on Translation “La Traduction Proligère,” Université de Montréal.
- August 1989: “Textlinguistik im Dienste des DaF-Unterrichts,” IX Mondial Congress of Teachers of German, Vienna, Austria.
- October 1988: “Armenian Participles in Translation (into German, English, French and Russian),” 2nd International Symposium of AIEA, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
- August 1987: “On Factive/Non-Factive Connectives in Natural Languages,” XIV International Congress of Linguists, East Berlin.
- September 1986: “Armenian Nominalizations,” 3rd Conference of AIEA, Royal Academy of Belgium, Brussels.
- May 1986: “Stabile und variable Strukturen,” Fortbildungsseminar für Deutschlehrer der Provinz Quebec, Goethe-Institut / Université Laval, Quebec (Co-author: Chr. Tessier).
- October 1985: “A Communicative Approach to the Teaching of German,” Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Youngstown State University, Ohio, U.S.A. (Co-author: Chr. Tessier).
- August 1984: “Some Obligatory Transposition Types in the Translation of Armenian Infinitives,” 7th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA Brussels 84), Brussels, Belgium.
- July 1983: “Zur didaktischen Behandlung der Rekurrenz in mehrsprachigen Texten,” AILA Colloquium, Saarbrücken, Germany.
- October 1981: “Zur Anwendung der Gesprächsformeln im Deutschunterricht,” Seminar für Deutschlehrer, Goethe-Institut, Ottawa.
- May 1981: “Improving Communicative Skills in the Classroom,” Symposium 1981, CAAL (Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics), Ottawa (Co-author: Chr. Tessier).
- December 1980: “Contrastive Linguistics and the Study of Modern Greek by English- Speaking Students,” First Conference on Modern Greek in the Universities of the English-Speaking World, Athens.
- October 1980: “Die deutsche Nominalkomposition im Übersetzungsvergleich (kontrastiv mit Russisch, Englisch, Französisch),” Fourth Annual Meeting of the Wes-tern Association for German Studies at Wichita State University, Kansas, U.S.A.
- May 1980: “Le volume sémantique des substantifs russes zemlja, poÓva, suÏa, grunt en comparaison avec ses ‘équivalents’ en allemand Land, Erde, Boden, Grund etc.,” 48e Congrès d’ACFAS, Université Laval, Quebec.
- May 1979: “Zum Problem der stilistischen Synonymie und der Stilebenen im Deutschen” 47e Congrès d’ACFAS, Université de Montréal.