Učënye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta: Seriâ Gumanitarnye Nauki (Oct 2017)
Always right in her candidness (on the birth anniversary of Tat'yana Mikhailovna Nikolaeva)
Abstract
The paper marks the birth anniversary of Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Honored Figure in Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, Honored Teacher of Kazan University Tat'yana Mikhailovna Nikolaeva (born in 1937). Many years of her activity are associated with one of the oldest Russian universities. However, T.M. Nikolaeva – a linguist who investigates the urgent problems of the history of the Russian literary language, stylistics, modern and historical word formation, grammar and lexicology – is famous far beyond the borders of Russia. We have discussed the life of the person, who displays rare honesty, brightness, and talent by emphasizing her generosity, good oratory skills, wisdom, and relentless combat for speech clarity. An attempt has been made for the first time to define the contribution of T.M. Nikolaeva, the outstanding researcher and a teacher, into the development of philology. In particular, her candidate's and doctoral dissertations, monographs, study guides, numerous statements made during various scientific events, such as congresses, symposiums, conferences, and seminars, develop the ideas of Professor V.M. Markov. T.M. Nikolaeva, carrying on the traditions of the Kazan Linguistic School, focuses on the “dead ends”, inconsistencies in the modern Russian language and the “lacunae” associated with them in word formation, grammar, etc. A list of dissertations defended under the guidance of T.M. Nikolaeva has been provided at the end of the paper.
