Name Hrach Martirosyan | ||
Books Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon | ||
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Hrach K. Martirosyan (Armenian: Հրաչ Մարտիրոսյան; born in Vanadzor in 1964) is an Armenian linguist. He received a PhD in Comparative Linguistics by defending the dissertation "Studies in Armenian Etymology with Special Emphasis on Dialects and Culture" at Leiden University in 2008.
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Martirosyan has lectured at University of Michigan and Yerevan State University. He has talked about linguistics and the Armenian language in interviews with Public Television of Armenia, Shoghakat TV, independent Boon TV, Aravot 1in.am, and other Armenian media outlets.
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He self-identifies as a "convinced atheist". In May 2014 he was among the intellectuals who signed an open letter declaring their opposition to the Yerevan City Council decision to erect a statue of Anastas Mikoyan, a controversial Armenian-born Bolshevik and Soviet statesman.