Aleksandr Matveyev (linguist)
Aleksandr Matveyev | |
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| Born | July 8, 1926 |
| Died | October 9, 2010 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | linguist |
| Academic work | |
| Notable works | Dictionary of dialects of Northern Russia, Materials to a Dictionnary of Finno-Ugric borrowings in the dialects of Northern Russia |
Aleksandr Konstantinovich Matveyev (Russian: Александр Константинович Матвеев, July 8, 1926 – October 9, 2010) was a Russian linguist known for his works in toponymics (branch of linguistics studying toponyms), onomastics (studies of proper names), and etymology (origins and semantical development of words).