Dzotsenidze, Ketevan. Upper Imeretian Dialect: Linguistic Overview and Texts (Zemoimeruli kilokavi: Enobrivi mimokhilva da tekstebi), 1973. In Georgian.

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ზემოიმერული კილოკავი: ენობრივი მიმოხილვა და ტექსტები.
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თბილისი: თბილისის უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა, 1973.
563 გვ. : 1 ფ. პორტრ. ; 21 სმ. ტირაჟი — 1000 ც. მყარი ყდა.
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Ketevan Dzotsenidze.
Upper Imeretian Dialect: Linguistic Overview and Texts (Zemoimeruli kilokavi: Enobrivi mimokhilva da tekstebi).
Edited by Arnold Chikobava and Mikhail Alavidze.
Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Publishing House, 1973.
563 pp. : 1 port. plate ; 21 cm. Edition of 1000 copies. Hardcover.

This 1973 comprehensive monograph by Ketevan Dzotsenidze is an essential contribution to Georgian dialectology, focusing specifically on the Upper Imeretian dialect. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of this regional variant, including the arrangement of its phonetic, morphological, and lexical peculiarities that distinguish it from the literary standard and other Western Georgian dialects. Edited by the preeminent linguist Arnold Chikobava along with Mikhail Alavidze, the work serves as a vital primary source for documenting the linguistic nuances of the Imereti region.  The volume is divided into a rigorous scientific analysis and an extensive collection of authentic local texts, which preserve unique folk speech, idioms, and oral traditions. Accompanied by a portrait of the researcher, this academic edition reflects the high standards of the Tbilisi State University linguistic school. With a limited print run of 1000 copies, this book is a significant bibliographical rarity for kartvelologists, ethnographers, and specialists in the historical development of the Georgian language.