Annual of Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics. Vol. 7 (Iberiul-kavkasiuri enatmetsnierebis tselitsdeuli), 1980. In Georgian, Russian, and English.

იბერიულ-კავკასიური ენათმეცნიერების წელიწდეული. ტ. 7.
Ежегодник иберийско-кавказского языкознания.
Annual of Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics.
საქართველოს სსრ მეცნიერებათა აკადემია.
თბილისი: მეცნიერება, 1980.
388 გვ. Увеличенный формат. ტირაჟი 1500 ეგზ. რბილი ყდა.
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Annual of Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics. Vol. 7 (Iberiul-kavkasiuri enatmetsnierebis tselitsdeuli).
Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR.
Tbilisi: Metsniereba, 1980.
388 pp. Enlarged format. Edition of 1500 copies. Publisher's softcover.

This 1980 volume of the "Annual of Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics" is a cornerstone of Soviet-era Caucasian philology, published by the "Metsniereba" house under the auspices of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the Ibero-Caucasian language group, including the arrangement of scholarly articles that investigate the shared and distinct features of Kartvelian, Abkhazo-Adyghean, and Nakho-Dagestanian languages. This seventh volume is particularly significant for its contributions to the study of the ergative construction—a defining feature of many Caucasian languages—and detailed etymological research that seeks to trace the archaic roots of the mountain tongues.  As a vital primary source, this volume documents the peak of structuralist and comparative-historical linguistics in Tbilisi, featuring works by prominent researchers who followed the methodological school of Arnold Chikobava. The bilingual and trilingual nature of the contributions (Georgian, Russian, and English) facilitated international academic exchange during the Cold War era. Published in an enlarged format with a limited print run of 1,500 copies, this softcover edition remains an essential reference for typologists, specialists in the indigenous languages of the Caucasus, and collectors of prestigious scientific serials.