Dmitry Shmelev was born on January 10, 1926 in the capital - Moscow, then still the Soviet Union. His father was a famous doctor, academician of sciences and director of the institute. Dmitry Nikolaevich studied well and therefore graduated from school as an external student, later entered MGIMO, after studying there 3 courses, transferred to Moscow State University as a philologist. In 1955 he wrote his Ph. D. thesis.
He was a high school teacher and also taught at several reputable institutions. His most famous monograph was written in 1973. He became a Corresponding Member in 1984 and a Full Member in 1987.
His role in science
Dmitry Shmelev played a rather important role in the development of Russian lexicology and theoretical semantics. His monograph on the topic "Problems of Semantic Analysis of Vocabulary", which he wrote in 1973, is best known. He was the author of a high school textbook on lexicology. In addition, he studied Russian syntax, studied the historical evolution of grammar, Russian lexicology, but morehe paid attention to the study of general problems of stylistics and styles of fiction.
Also, he himself was engaged in literary creativity. His hobby was writing poetry and prose. They were later published posthumously. You can see what Dmitry Shmelev looked like in the photo below.
Famous publications
Dmitry Shmelev published his books, among them are:
- "Tutorial: Russian modern language. Vocabulary";
- "The Russian language in its functional varieties";
- "Problem of semantic analysis. Vocabulary";
- "Word and Image".
Dmitry Nikolaevich died on November 6, 1993 in the same city where he was born and lived. He lived a rather interesting life. At one time, Shmelev made many useful contributions to science, thanks to which Russian linguistics continues to develop in the modern world. Dmitry was an excellent Russian linguist, a talented writer, a doctor of philological sciences, the smartest person you don’t often see now…
