Maksim Melenchenko
- Research Assistant: Linguistic Convergence Laboratory
- Postgraduate Student, Visiting Lecturer: Faculty of Humanities / School of Linguistics
- Maksim Melenchenko has been at HSE University since 2020.
Education
HSE University
HSE University
Postgraduate Studies
Approved topic of thesis: Perfect and evidentiality in Pamiri languages
Academic Supervisor: Timur Maisak
Courses (2026/2027)
- Introduction to Typology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Introduction to Typology (Mago-Lego; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research and Design Seminar «Basics of Linguistic Research» (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 1 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2025/2026)
- Introduction into Python (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Introduction into Python (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Courses (2024/2025)
- Academic Writing (in Russian) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1 module)Rus
- Introduction into Python (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Text linguistics: semantics and syntax of language units" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2023/2024)
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Conferences
- 2026
II конференция «Связь пропозициональных единиц в предложении и в тексте» (Москва). Presentation: Грамматикализация шугнанского союза ат(ā) в темпоральный послелог
Association for Linguistic Typology 16th biannual conference (ALT-2026) (Лион). Presentation: Typological database of vigesimal numeral systems
- 2025
Caucasian linguistics: recent advances and emerging topics (Лион). Presentation: Suprasegmental emphasis in vowels of Arzni Christian Urmi Neo-Aramaic [with Varvara Petrova]
Caucasian linguistics: recent advances and emerging topics (Лион). Presentation: Contact and innovation in the diachrony of East Caucasian numeral systems
Типология морфосинтаксических параметров (Москва). Presentation: Besides aspect: How Shughni narratives get around without (im)perfective marking
XI Студенческая конференция Института лингвистики РГГУ (СКИЛ-2025) (Москва). Presentation: Полисемия результатива и эвиденциальности в аварском языке
XI конференция-школа «Проблемы языка: взгляд молодых ученых» (Москва). Presentation: Семантика и синтаксис предикатива «негусто» в диахронии
Workshop on Light Elements across Languages. Presentation: Omission of the light verb kin- ‘do’ in Shughni
XXII конференция по типологии и грамматике для молодых исследователей (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Результат и результатив в шугнанском Перфекте
Формальные модели в лингвистике (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Second-position additive clitic =ga in Shughni
- 2024
Малые языки в большой лингвистике (МЯБЛ 2024) (Москва). Presentation: Стативный Перфект в шугнанском языке
Конференция по грамматике иранских языков (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Плюсквамперфект в шугнанском и других памирских языках
CHRONOS 15: 15th International Conference on Actionality, Tense, Aspect, Modality/Evidentiality (Тулуза). Presentation: Mirativity as continuative evidentiality
1-й Евразийский конгресс лингвистов (Москва). Presentation: К описанию семантики клаузальных сочинительных союзов в шугнанском языке
- 2023
Шестой выездной семинар Общества полевых лингвистов (Зубцов). Presentation: (Старый) новый взгляд на категорию «миративности»
Вопросы изучения лексикографии и создание корпуса памирских языков (Хорог). Presentation: Стандартизация шугнанского алфавита: теория и практика
XX конференция по типологии и грамматике для молодых исследователей (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: К проблеме взаимодействия миративности и аспекта
Employment history
research group Typological features of Iranian languages (2023)
project Computer and linguistic resources for Iranian Studies (2021–2022)
project Computer and linguistic resources for the research of the Shughni language (2020–2021)
Twenty vs Ten: HSE Researcher Examines Origins of Numeral System in Lezgic Languages
It is commonly believed that the Lezgic languages spoken in Dagestan and Azerbaijan originally used a vigesimal numeral system, with the decimal system emerging later. However, a recent analysis of numerals in various dialects, conducted by linguist Maksim Melenchenko from HSE University, suggests that the opposite may be true: the decimal system was used originally, with the vigesimal system developing later. The study has been published in Folia Linguistica.
News from the fields on Lake Velyo: the fourth trip of the Society of Field Linguists took place
On October 1-2, the fourth retreat seminar of the Society of Field Linguists took place, organized jointly by the staff of the Linguistic Convergence Laboratory and the Institute for Linguistic Studies (RSA).