Karina Vamling

Malmö University, Caucasus Studies, Faculty Member

Malmö University, Russia and the Caucasus Regional Research (RUCARR), Faculty Member

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Professor of Caucasus Studies
PhD in General Linguistics

Areas of specialisation: the Caucasus region and Russia.

Research interests: language policy, languages in conflict and migration, language diversity and language typology.

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Address: Faculty of Culture and Society
Malmö University
S-205 06 Malmö
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We witnessed the Soviet break-up. Five Scandinavian researchers on the final years of the USSR, seen from the Caucasus

by Karina Vamling and Marta-Lisa Magnusson

The authors recount their experiences of conducting fieldwork and traveling as researchers in the... more The authors recount their experiences of conducting fieldwork and traveling as researchers in the Caucasus region in the final years of the Soviet Union. This period, from the late 1980s to the early 1990s, is crucial for the understanding of current developments not only in the Caucasus but in all countries that were once part of the Soviet Union. They report on political processes in the Caucasus, including the emergence of new movements for independence, increasing tensions with Moscow, the breakdown of Soviet structures at different levels, and the growing importance of national cultures. They describe how premodern traditions still play a role, despite Soviet modernization, account for specific cultural features and similarities, and witness deepening ethnic antagonism. The authors are political scientist Ib Faurby, cultural geographer Lars Funch Hansen, slavicist Märta-Lisa Magnusson, historian and Iranologist Søren Theisen, and linguist and Caucasologist Karina Vamling. With numerous illustrations from the authors' visits to the Caucasus in the late 1980s and early 1990s. —— TABLE OF CONTENTS —— 1. Introduction; 2. A Soviet people, did it exist? Impressions from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Märta-Lisa MAGNUSSON; 3. The fall of an Empire, Ib FAURBY; 4. Four years that changed Georgia's identity, Karina VAMLING; 5. A little trip down memory lane. Travel in Armenia in the time of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Søren THEISEN; 6. When the mountains wept. Spitak, December 1989. A story in pictures from a visit in snow and frost in Armenia on the one-year anniversary of the earthquake 1988, Lars Funch HANSEN; 7. How I “conquered” the North Caucasian stronghold Maykop, Karina VAMLING; 8. “He’s a conflictologist” Fieldwork in the North Caucasus in the time around the collapse of the Soviet Union, Lars Funch HANSEN.

Vi såg sammanbrottet [We witnessed the break-up]. Svenska och danska forskares berättelser från Kaukasus under Sovjetväldets sista år

by Karina Vamling and Marta-Lisa Magnusson

Caucasus Studies 8, 2021

Swedish and Danish researchers recount their experiences in the Caucasus during the final years o... more Swedish and Danish researchers recount their experiences in the Caucasus during the final years of the Soviet Union and the period shortly after. More info is available at https://ojs.mau.se/index.php/caucasus/issue/view/117
– The authors of this anthology report on what it was like to travel and do field research on the periphery of the Soviet Empire and the political processes that they witnessed. The authors are political scientist Ib Faurby, cultural geographer Lars Funch Hansen, researcher on minority issues Helen Krag, slavicist Märta-Lisa Magnusson, historian and Iranologist Søren Theisen and general linguist Karina Vamling. Since this period they have all closely followed the develop-ment in the Caucasus region in struggles for independence, wars and ethno-political conflicts.
– The contributions to the anthology are based on material collected during travel and fieldwork in both the South and North Caucasus. In their contributions the authors write about the new movements for independence in the Caucasus and increasing tensions with Moscow, how the Soviet structures at different levels were breaking down and the national cultures became increasingly important. They describe how premodern traditions still play a role, despite Soviet modernization, account for specific cultural features and similarities and also witness deepening ethnic antagonism. Though being a peripheral region of the USSR, the Caucasus played an important role in the gradual disintegration of the union and its collapse in December 1991.
— The contributions are written in Swedish and Danish and are illustrated with original photos taken by the authors during their travel and fieldwork in the South and North Caucasus. In the opening contribution Märta-Lisa Magnusson, based on impressions from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia at the end of the 1980s, puts the question “The Soviet people, did it exist?”. In his chapter, Ib Faurby adopts a global as well as local perspective: The disintegration of an Empire in a perspective from below. The following chapter by Karina Vamling focuses on the role of language and identity in Georgia: Four years that changed the identity of Georgia. Søren Theisen travelled extensively in Armenia and writes about the Soviet legacy and pre-Soviet traditions in A Little Trip Down Memory Lane. Travels in Armenia before and shortly after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Lars Funch Hansen shares his impressions from Spitak, the Armenian town that was severely hit by an earthquake in 1988: When the mountains wept. Spitak, December 1989. A photo story from a field visit in snow and ice in Armenia on the 1 year anniversary of the earthquake in 1988. In her chapter Forget it if you can Helen Krag approaches silenced aspects of minority issues in the Caucasus. Lars Funch Hansen continues the topic of conflicts in the North Caucasus and focuses on the Prigorodnyj district and the conflict between North Ossetia and Ingushetia: “He is a conflictologist”. Field research in North Caucasus at the time of the break-up of the Soviet Union. In the last chapter How I conquered the North Caucasian stronghold Majkop Karina Vamling illustrates challenges of doing field work in the Soviet period in her research on the structure and status of the Northwest Caucasian Circassian language.

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Protecting Cultural Heritage in the Caucasus : Papers from the RUCARR Conference, December 5-6, 2018

Caucasus Studies 6, 2020

The themes of the conference are the protection and study of the cultural and linguistic heritage... more The themes of the conference are the protection and study of the cultural and linguistic heritage of the peoples of the Caucasus and strategies and efforts to promote dialogue across the Caucasus region. The research platform Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus Regional Research (RUCARR),Malmö University (Sweden), in collaboration with the Circassian Culture Centre (Tbilisi, Georgia), arranged a conference that would provide a platform for the discussion of these issues across the Caucasus region. Generous support was received from the Swedish Institute (SI). The conference embraced both the South Caucasus and the Russian North Caucasus, as well as diaspora communities outside the Caucasus. Participants at the conference represented almost the entire North Caucasus – the republics of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachaevo-Cherkessia and Adygeya. Conference participants also came from Azerbaijan and Georgia, and among them Ossetian and Abkhaz participants. Representatives of the Circassian diaspora in the US, Germany, Holland, Turkey and Sweden took part in the conference. ———————————————
TABLE OF CONTENTS —— KARINA VAMLING: Introduction: Protecting cultural heritage in the Caucasus —— LARS FUNCH HANSEN:Renewed conflicts around ethnicity and education among the Circassians —— MAGOMEDKHAN MAGOMEDKHANOV & SAIDA GARUNOVA: Pre-Soviet and contemporary contexts of the dialogue of Caucasian cultures and identities —— MADZHID MAGDILOV: Legal issues of the preservation of the cultural heritage in the Caucasus (in Russian) —— MERAB CHUKHUA: Circassians, Apkhazians, Georgians, Vainakhs, Dagestanians – peoples of old civilization in the Caucasus —— MAGOMED A. MAGOMEDOV: Issues of functioning and protection of the Andic languages in polyethnic Dagestan (in Russian) —— MAGOMED I. MAGOMEDOV: The maintenance and development of languages and cultures is a topical socio-cultural problem of the Republic of Dagestan today (in Russian) —— ASLAN BESHTOEV: Native languages and empowerment: The Circassian language as a source of indigenous knowledge and power (in Russian) —— NANA MACHAVARIANI: On the origin of the names of anthropomorphic creatures in Abkhazian —— NAIRA BEPIEVA: Transformation of giant creatures in the Caucasian mythology —— NUGZAR ANTELAVA: Traditional non-verbal communication forms among the North Caucasian peoples: gestural language and etiquette —— VITALIY V. SHTYBIN: Circassian toponymy of the Krasnodar Territory —— TIMUR ALOEV: Failed ‘places of memory’ or the removal of the cultural landscape of Kabarda (in Russian) —— LARISA TUPTSOKOVA: Scientific publications on Caucasology at the Circassian Culture Center.

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Complementation in the Northwest and South Caucasian Languages

Complementation in the Northwest and South Caucasian Languages (Caucasus Studies 5), 2018

The two articles in this volume (https://ojs.mau.se/index.php/caucasus/issue/view/55), with co-... more The two articles in this volume (https://ojs.mau.se/index.php/caucasus/issue/view/55), with co-authors M.A. Kumakhov and R. Tchantouria, address the topic of complementation in a number of Caucasian languages: the Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz-Adyghe) languages in the North Caucasus and the Kartvelian languages in the South Caucasus. The study of complementation focuses on various relations between a main clause and main predicate with a clause-like complement, as well as types of main predicates and complements in these complex constructions.

The Sochi Predicament: Contexts, Characteristics and Challenges of the Olympic Winter Games in 2014

by Karina Vamling and Bo Petersson

"For a variety of political, climatic, ecological, security-related and other reasons, the Russia... more "For a variety of political, climatic, ecological, security-related and other reasons, the Russian summer resort of Sochi by the Black Sea would seem a most unlikely candidate for the Olympic Winter Games. Despite this, the Games will be held there in February 2014, and the Russian leaders regard the Games as a highly prestigious project underlining Russia’s return to a status of great power in the contemporary world. This book conducts a thorough inventory of the contexts, characteristics and challenges facing the Sochi Games. It deals with the problems from Russian, Georgian, Abkhazian and Circassian perspectives and makes in-depth analyses of profound challenges related to matters such as identity, security, and ethnic relations. The book brings together an international group of eminent scholars representing different disciplinary perspectives, including political science, sports science, ethics, ethnology, and Caucasian studies."

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Sochi Winter Olympics: Walking Tightrope?
– Bo Petersson and Karina Vamling

Part I: Olympic Perspectives
1 Snow, Ice, and Vertical Drops: What is different about the Sochi Olympics?
– Raymond Taras
2 The Sochi Winter Games: Marketing and Sustainable Development—Or Neither Nor?
– Karin Book
3 Environmental Ethics and the Olympics: On the Reconstruction of Nature for Sport
– Kutte Jönsson

Part II: Identity Matters
4 Olympism and Empire: The Olympic Myth in the Contestation of the Caucasus
– Emil Persson
5 Sochi as a Site of Circassian Long-Distance Memorialisation
– Lars Funch Hansen
6 The Sympols of Sochi 2014: Searching for the Visual Signs of New Russian Political Identity
– Sergei Akopov and Vitalii Volkov

Part III: Internal Order and Security
7 Russia's Olympic Discourses: Effects of Unification and diversification
– Andrei Makarychev
8 Securitization in the North Caucasus on the Eve of the Sochi Games
– Uliana Hellberg
9 The terrorist Threat Against Sochi 2014
– Jakob Hedenskog

Part IV: Caucasian Knots
10 Security of the Winter Olympics in sochi from a Georgian Perspective
– Alexandre Kukhianidze
11 Abkhazia and the Preparations for the Sochi Games
– Revaz Tchantouria
12 Disputed Frontiers: Abkhazia in Russia's Sochi 2014 Project
– Helena Rytövuouri""

Migration, Society and Language. Papers from the conference, November 28-30, 2008

Caucasus Studies, 2011

The volume includes papers presented at the multidisciplinary conference Caucasus Studies: Migrat... more The volume includes papers presented at the multidisciplinary conference Caucasus Studies: Migration – Society – Language, held on November 28-30 2008 at Malmö University, shortly after the dramatic events of the Russo-Georgian war. (CONTENT below) Researchers on the Caucasus from a variety of disciplinary perspectives gathered around the themes: Armed conflicts and conflict resolution, The Caucasus and global politics, Identities in transition, Migration and identity, Language contact and migration, and Diaspora studies. Papers from this broad spectrum of topics are represented in the volume. The languages of the conference were English and Russian, and the volume therefore includes papers in both these languages. The organizing of this international conference and the presence of a large number of participants from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and North Caucasus would not have been possible without the generous support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). ——

CONTENTS ——

1 SOCIETY AND MIGRATION ——

— Babak REVZANI: The Uniqueness of the Caucasian Conflicts?

— Kirstine BORCH: Return to Gali – Reasons for and Conditions of the Georgians Return to the Gali District

— Arsen HAKOBYAN: The People’s Diplomacy during the Nagorno Karabagh Conflict: A Case of Settlement Exchange (in Russian)

— Sara MARGANYAN: Preservation of Identity Through Integration: the Case of Javakheti Armenians

— Hripsime RAMAZYAN and Sona AVETISYAN: Armenian Diaspora: Rendezvous Between the Past and the Present

— Alexander TSURTSUMIA: The Factor of the Caucasus in Global Politics

— Dzhulietta MESKHIDZE: North Caucasus in a System of All-Caucasian, Russian and European Relations (in Russian)

— Ergün ÖZGÜR: The North Caucasian and Abkhaz Diasporas; Their Lobbying Activities in Turkey

— Nana MACHAVARIANI: Abkhazian Diasporas in the World

— Ekaterina KAPUSTINA: The “Temporary life” of Labor Seasonal Migrants from Western Mountain Dagestan to the Rostov area: Cultural Projection or Cultural Transformation (in Russian)

— Birgit KUCH: Collective Identities, Memories and Representations in Contemporary Georgia: The Theatre-Scape of Tbilisi

— Giorgi GOTSIRIDZE and Giorgi KIPIANI: The Liturgic Nature of Tradition and National Identity Search Strategy in Modern Georgia: The Case of the Georgian Banquet (in Russian)

—— 2 LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY

— A. Filiz SUSAR and Yeşim OCAK: The Role of Language in the Loss of Culture of Immigrants: The Chechen Example

— Junichi TOYOTA: Caucasian Languages and Language Contact in Terms of Religions

— David ERSCHLER: On Syntactic Isoglosses between Ossetic and South Caucasian: The Case of Negation

— Sabrina SHIKHALIEVA: Semantics of Deictic Pronouns in the Daghestani Languages

— Tinatin TURKIA: Lexemes Expressing Migration and Problems of Language Identity in Modern Georgia

— Bela SHAVKHELISHVILI: The Influence of Globalization Processes on Languages without Scripts (Based on Tsova-Tush (Batsbi) materials) (in Russian)

— Manana TABIDZE: Globalization and Language Problems: The Case of the Georgian Language

— Tinatin BOLKVADZE:The Problems of Learning and Teaching of the State Language in Some Regions of Georgia

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Language, History and Cultural Identities in the Caucasus (Caucasus Studies 2)

by Karina Vamling, Marta-Lisa Magnusson, and Yasuhiro Kojima

Caucasus Studies 2 (edited by K. Vamling), 2010

Language, History and Cultural Identities in the Caucasus. Papers from the conference, June 17-19... more Language, History and Cultural Identities in the Caucasus. Papers from the conference, June 17-19 2005, Malmö University. —— Published in the series Caucasus Studies (No 2), 2010. Malmö University, Malmö (Sweden) ISBN 978-91-7104-088-6. —— EDITED BY KARINA VAMLING —— Available online, Malmö University: ——http://dspace.mah.se/handle/2043/12518 —

—— CONTENTS

—— Preface, by Karina Vamling, p. vii.

—— The Autocrat of the Banquet Table: the political and social significance of the Georgian supra, by Kevin TUITE, pp. 9–35.

—— Continuity of a Tradition: A Survey of the Performance Practices of Traditional Polyphonic Songs in Tbilisi, by Andrea KUZMICH, pp. 36–52.

—— An Attempt to Create an Ethnic Group: Identity Change Dynamics of Muslimized Meskhetians, by Marine BERIDZE and Manana KOBAIDZE, pp. 53¬–67.

—— The Georgian Language and Cultural Identity in Old Georgia: An Examination of Some Conceptual Foundations, by Tinatin BOLKVADZE, pp. 68–73.

—— The Modern Language Situation in Georgia: Issues Regarding the Linguistic Affiliation of the Population, by Manana TABIDZE, pp. 74–80.

—— Language Use and Attitudes among Megrelians in Georgia, by Karina VAMLING and Revaz TCHANTOURIA, pp. 81–92.

—— The Present-day Situation of the Minority Ethno-Linguistic Peoples within the Avaric Region in the Republic of Dagestan, by Rune WESTERLUND, pp. 93–104.

—— Human Rights, Terrorism, and the Destruction of Chechnya, by Ib FAURBY, pp. 105–113.

—— Why No Settlement in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict? – Which are the obstacles to a negotiated solution?, by Märta-Lisa MAGNUSSON, pp. 114–143.

—— Discrepancies between Form and Meaning: Reanalyzing Wish Formulae in Georgian, by Nino AMIRIDZE, pp. 144–155.

—— Two Types of Relative Clauses in Modern Georgian, by YASUHIRO KOJIMA, pp. 156–167.

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Circassian Clause Structure (Caucasus Studies 1, Kumakhov & Vamling)

"This monograph is a study of clause structure in the closely related Circassian languages Adyghe... more "This monograph is a study of clause structure in the closely related Circassian languages Adyghe and Kabardian, spoken in North Caucasus. The Circassian languages exhibit ergative patterns in both case marking and the alignment of personal prefixes in the verb. Both these domains of grammar are studied extensively in the book, as are issues relating to ergative/absolutive marking in clauses with different types of verb (intransitive, transitive, labile, inversive). Another topic is ergative marking in complex constructions, including coordination and subordination.

The monograph is the result of joint research conducted in Russia and Sweden. The basis for this research has been the project ‘Ergativity in the Circassian anguages’ (with support from The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences). The institutions involved are the Institute of Linguistics at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Lund University and the Department of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) at Malmö University."

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Complementation in Georgian

"Complementation in Georgian is a study of subordinate clauses in Georgian. The constructions in ... more "Complementation in Georgian is a study of subordinate clauses in Georgian. The constructions in focus are finite and non-finite clauses in subject and object position. Georgian is characterized by complex patterns in marking grammatical relations, using both case marking and subject and object affixes on the verb. The language has no infinitives. In complements of verbs like 'persuade' and 'try' and 'want', Georgian uses finite forms that include subject and object marking, making it an interesting object for study as regards the problem of control.

Central issues investigated include restrictions in terms of temporal reference and participant reference that the matrix clause imposes on the complement. The modality meanings Truth and Action are found to provide a useful classification of the various matrix predicates. Two clusters of morphological, syntactic and semantic features are moreover shown to correlate with the Truth and Action modalities. The study further outlines a formal grammatical representation of relations between matrix and complement clauses, as well as the structure of simple sentences.

The data examined in the study is based on informant work conducted in Georgia. The matrix predicates that make up the database of the investigation are represented in an appendix, along with an English-Georgian key. An introduction to Georgian grammar for readers not familiar with the language is also presented. ""

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Dopolnitel'nye konstrukcii v kabardinskom jazyke [=Complementation in Kabardian (in Russian)]

This monograph (co-authored with prof. Mukhadin Kumakhov) is a study of complementation in Kabard... more This monograph (co-authored with prof. Mukhadin Kumakhov) is a study of complementation in Kabardian, a language belonging to the West Caucasian group. For the first time subordinate clauses in Kabardian are analysed in the framework of a semantically based classification of matrix predicates and selected types of complement predicates. Various types of nonfinite forms occur as complement predicates, such as participles, gerunds, infinitiives and masdars. Among other phenomena investigated in relation to complementation are negation, interrogative, causative, imperative and coordinative constructions. Of particular interest is the case marking of subjects and objects as well as their coreferential relations in complementation. The introductory part of the monograph includes a sketch of the grammar of Kabardian. —————

В книге рассматриваются дополнительные конструкции в кабардинском языке. Впервые в абхазо-адыгском языкознании дополнительные конструкции анализируются с опорой на семантические основания. Выделяются классы главных предикатов и типы зависимых предикатов, исследуются из семантические, синтаксические и морфологические взаимоотношения. В качестве зависимых предикатов выступают инфинитные образования (причастие, герундий, инфинитив, масдар и др.). Исследуются негативные, вопросительные, императивные, координационные, каузативные, потенциальные и аористные предложения в связи с дополнительными конструкциями. Особое внимание уделяется оформлению падежей субъекта и объекта и их координационными отношениями в дополнительной конструкции. Книга включает вводную часть, где даются общие сведения о кабардинском языке.

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Ergativnost’ v cherkesskix jazykax [=Ergativity in the Circassian languages (in Russian)]

This monograph in Russian by Mukhadin Kumakhov and Karina Vamling is a study of ergativity in the... more This monograph in Russian by Mukhadin Kumakhov and Karina Vamling is a study of ergativity in the Circassian languages, that exhibit ergative patterns in both case marking and the alignment of personal prefixes in the verb. Both these domains of grammar are studied extensively in the book, as are issues relating to ergative/absolutive marking in clauses with different types of verb (intransitive, transitive, labile, inversive). Another topic is ergative marking in complex constructions, including coordination and subordination. The monograph is the result of joint research conducted in Russia and Sweden. The basis for this research has been the project ‘Ergativitiy in the Circassian languages’ (with support from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences). The institutions involved are: The Institute of Linguistics at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Lund University and the School of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) at Malmö University.
—— Данная работа посвящена вопросам эргативности в черкесских языках. Эргативность в этих языках основывается на противопоставлении двух классов глагольных лексем по признаку транзитивности-интранзитивности. В книге широко освящены вопросы эргативности в имени и глаголе. Особое внимание уделяется проявлению эргативности в различных синтаксических конструкциях (в лабильных, инверсивных, а также при координации и субординации). Эргативная конструкция в северо-кавказских языках представляет особый интерес для общей теории эргативности в силу того, что эта категория проявляется в полиперсональной форме глагола. Данное исследование является результатом совместной работы Института Российской Академии наук (Москва, Россия), Лундского Университета и Отделения международных миграций и этнических отношений Университета Мальмё (Швеция). Научный проект ‘Эргативность в черкесских языках’ был поддержан Королевской Академией наук Швеции. (Доступно онлайн в ноябре 2022 года, Кариной Вамлинг 0000-0003-3415-203X).

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Papers by Karina Vamling

I was in Georgia in the late 1980s: I observed how tradition survived harsh Sovietisation and rapid transformation

The Conversation, 2026

Georgiska : Grammatisk översikt med texter och ordlista

by Revaz Tchantouria and Karina Vamling

The publication is an overview (in Swedish) of Georgian grammar with texts, reference tables and ... more The publication is an overview (in Swedish) of Georgian grammar with texts, reference tables and Georgian/Swedish wordlists. It also includes audio files and exercises. All Georgian texts and examples are given in Georgian script with parallel Latin transliteration. The material was originally written in 1988 for the first Georgian course at Lund University and later became the basis for the online Georgian course “Georgian I” currently offered at Malmö University. The book is published in connection with the 20 years anniversary of the online course 2001-2021.

Language use among speakers of Tsova-Tush. A field study in the late 1990s

Europäisches Journal für Minderheitenfragen, 2025

The paper presents earlier unpublished results from a field study conducted in Georgia in the lat... more The paper presents earlier unpublished results from a field study conducted in Georgia in the late 1990s among speakers of the endangered Tsova-Tush (Bats) language (also Tsovatush, Batsbi). The aim of the study is to map patterns of language use and language choices in the family and local community in different settings and domains, to study the linguistic repertoire of speakers and how it develops. Based on written questionnaires, the study was conducted in the village of Zemo Alvani in the Akhmeta region of Georgia, where the majority of the Tsova-Tush population lives. The study spans generations of Tsova-Tush speakers from the beginning of the last century to the 1980s, showing the development from a situation with Tsova-Tush as the strongest language among the oldest generation having a firm position as the home language, to a higher fluency in Georgian in the post-war generation, followed by a clear decrease in the command of Tsova-Tush among the youngest generations.

"The surrounding world must be more vigilant than before about patterns in Russia's actions in the former Soviet republics" (Translation)

by Karina Vamling and Marta-Lisa Magnusson

Sydsvenska dagbladet, 2022

Translation of the Swedish article Aktuella frågor “Omvärlden måste vara mer vaksam än hittills p... more

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Kumakhov, M.A. & K. Vamling: Complementation in the Northwest Caucasian Languages

Complementation in the Northwest and South Caucasian Languages. Caucasus Studies 5, 2018

The paper addresses the topic of complementation in the Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz-Adyghe) la... more The paper addresses the topic of complementation in the Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz-Adyghe) languages in the North Caucasus. The study of complementation focuses on various relations between a main clause and main predicate with a clause-like complement, as well as types of main predicates and complements in these complex constructions.

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"Russia's intervention in Ukraine should not have come as a surprise to anyone"

by Karina Vamling and Marta-Lisa Magnusson

Russia's intervention in Ukraine should not have come as a surprise to anyone, 2014

The West must act far more resolutely and coordinatedly against Russian violations of internation... more

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Identifying the Caucasus as a region in a historical perspective. A corpus-based study on the uses of the concept 'Caucasus'

Materials of the International Congress of Caucasian Studies. October 3-5, Tbilisi., 2023

This paper addresses the question of when the understanding of the Caucasus region started to eme... more This paper addresses the question of when the understanding of the Caucasus region started to emerge in Europe, that is, when 'Caucasus' was used with respect to a region and not only referred to a mountain range. A closely related issue is the extent of the region that 'Caucasus' refers to, its territorial spread. My perspective is an outsider's perspective: how the region was perceived and reported on by outsiders.