Nina Klymenko




Nina Klymenko

POSITION
Head of Developmental Psychology Department

WORK EXPERIENCE
1961–1964
Translator
Ukrainian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, Kyiv (Ukraine)

1968–1986
Research assistant
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine)

1986–2004
Head of the Department of Structural and Mathematical Linguistics
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine)

1999–2004
Head of the Department of Hellenic Studies
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv , Kyiv (Ukraine)

2004–2016
Professor of the Department of Hellenic Studies
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv (Ukraine)

2016–Present
Professor of the Department of General Linguistics, Classical Philology and Neo-Hellenic Studies
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv (Ukraine)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING


1956–1961
Master’s Degree
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv (Ukraine)

1965–1967
Doctoral Research Program
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine)

1967
Ph.D
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine)

1986
Post-Doctoral Degree in Philology
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine)

1992
The Title of Professor
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine)

2006
Correspondent Member
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine)

Research Fields:
Philology

Previous and Current Research

  • Comparative Linguistics
  • Lexicology
  • Morphology
  • Functional Theory of Grammar
  • Ukrainian Studies
  • Modern Greek Studies
  • Cognitive Linguistics

Main Fields of Research

  • Comparative Linguistics
  • Functional Theory of Grammar
  • Cognitive Linguistics

Current Areas of Research Interest

  • General Linguistics
  • Ukrainian Studies (Derivation, Morphemics)
  • Lexicology
  • Semasiology
  • Computer Linguistics
  • Modern Greek Studies

Group Leader : Doctor of Sciences in Philology, Professor Nina Klymenko

The main aim of the group is to compare the ethno-specific mechanism of text production in Ukrainian and Greek linguoculture, concerning such linguistic domains as Word Derivation, Lexical Semantics, Pragmatics and Stylistics (including Genre Theory of Translation). The group is also engaged in the projects on compiling dictionaries and text corpora.

The team includes 1 Doctor of Sciences in Philology, 2 Associate Professors and 1 Assistant Professor, 3 Academic advisers, Master and Bachelor students.

Methodological and Technical Expertise

  • Ethnolinguistic Analysis of Text
  • Comparative and Translation Studies of Ukrainian and Greek Linguoculture

Selected Publications

Derivational Structure and Semantics of Compound Words in the Modern Ukrainian Language. 
Kyiv, 1984.

How the Word is Born. 
Kyiv, 1991.

Introduction to Morphemics of the Modern Ukrainian Language
Kyiv, 2000 (2nd edition).

Klymenko N.F., Ponomariv O.D., Chernukhin Ye. K. 
Greek-Ukrainian Dictionary 
Kyiv, 2005 (2nd edition).

Klymenko N. F., Karpilovska Υe. A., Kysliuk L. P. 
Dynamic Processes in the Ukrainian Lexis 
Kyiv: Dmytro Burago’s Publishing House, 2008.

Nina Klymenko, Olexandr Ponomariv, Svitlana Perepliotchykova 
Modern Greek Literature: Anthology 
Kyiv: M. P. Bazhan Publishing House “Ukrainian Encyclopaedia”, 2008.

Klymenko N.F., Ponomariv O.D., Savenko A.O. 
Ukrainian-Greek Dictionary 
Kyiv, 2008.

Klymenko N. F., Ponomariv O. D., Savenko A. O. and others. 
Hellenic Studies in Ukraine: Collection of Scientific Works 
Kyiv: Dmytro Burago’s Publishing House, 2010.

Klymenko N., Golovach U., Pavlenko L., Savenko A., Yasinovsky A. 
Unbroken Philology: Classical Philology, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies in Ukraine in the 20th century 
Lviv, 2014.

Taras Shevchenko’s Poetry in Modern Greek: Collection of Scientific Papers. 
Kyiv: Dmytro Burago’s Publishing House, 2016.