Prof. Olga Kapeliuk (; b. 1932, Kraków, Poland) is an Israeli linguist.
Kapeliuk, who is professor emeritus of linguistics and African studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was considered among the most important Israeli linguists and researchers of Semitic languages, especially of Ethiopian languages and modern Aramaic dialects. She has earned an international reputation as one of the leading experts in the Amharic language of Ethiopia. With the development of the large-scale immigration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, she served an important function as an advisor to the nation's educational system.
Awards
In 2005, Kapeliuk received the Israel Prize for linguistics. Kapeliuk was awarded the Edward Ullendorff Medal in 2021.
Publications
The language of dialogue in modern Amharic literature [in Hebrew]. Ph.D. dissertation. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 1968. Books: Q.I. Marogulov, Grammaire néo-syriaque pour écoles d'adultes - traduit du néo-syriaque par Olga Kapeliuk. Paris: P. Geuthner 1976 (GLECS - Supplément 5). Nominalization in Amharic. Wiesbaden: F. Steiner 1988 (Aethiopistische Forschungen 23): 171 pp. Syntax of the Noun in Amharic. Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1994 (Aethiopistische Forschungen 37): 129 pp. Selected Papers in Ethio-Semitic and Neo-Aramaic Linguistics. Jerusalem, Magnes Press 2009: 579 pp. Articles: Auxiliares descriptifs en amharique. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Semitic Studies - Jerusalem 1965. Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sciences 1969: 116-131 L'emploi de la marque de l'accusatif -n en amharique. Israel Oriental Studies (Tel Aviv) 2 (1972): 183–214. Traitement spיcial du corps et de l'ame dans la syntaxe Ethiopienne. Journal of Ethiopian Studies (Addis Ababa) 11 (1973): 143–160. Les noms amhariques a finale -o. Groupe Linguistique d'Etudes Chamito-Sיmitiques = GLECS (Paris) 18-23 (1973-1979): 215–217. Particules d'enchaמnement et de rיfיrence en amharique. id: 241–243. Les nיologismes Ethiopiens. id: 321–323. Modalies d'action et aspects en amharique. id: 673–683. Encore sur ressahu et ressichchallehu. Rassegna di Studi Etiopici (Rome) 25 (1974): 183–214. Particles of concatenation and reference in Amharic. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (London) 41 (1978): 272–282. Quelques remarques sur l'emploi de l'accusatif en sיmitique יthiopien et en arabe classique. Studia Orientalia Memoriae D.H. Baneth Dedicata. Jerusalem: Magnes Press 1979: 225–238. Sur le rפle de la forme relative en tigrigna. Bibliotheca Orientalis (Leiden) 37/1-2 (1980): col. 16-23 (main article). Evolution de la phrase amharique - la nominalisation du verbe. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies - Nice 1977. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema 1980: 97–106. Language policy in Ethiopia since the revolution of 1974. Asian and African Studies (Haifa) 14 (1980): 269–278. ‘Il semble que’ ou ‘il semble qui’ - un problטme de syntaxe amharique. Studies Presented to H.J. Polotsky edited by D. W. Young. Gloucester MA: Pirtle & Polson 1981: 51–67. Omniprיsence de la prיdication en nיo-יthiopien. Bulletin de la Sociיtי de Linguistique (Paris) 77 (1982): XI-XIV. Les noms terminיs en -o en amharique. Guirlande pour Abba Jיrפme edited by J. Tubiana. Nice 1983: 275–285. Les verbes redondants en amharique. Ethiopian Studies Dedicated to Wolf Leslau edited by S. Segert and A. J. E. Bodrogligeti. Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1983: 254–274. L'expressivitי dans le verbe amharique. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies - Lund 1982. Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies 1984: 39–43. La phrase coupיe en guטze. Mיlanges Linguistiques Offerts א Maxime Rodinson edited by Ch. Robin. Paris: P. Geuthner 1985: 191–204. Pseudo-questions in Amharic. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies - Tel Aviv 1980. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema 1986: 337–341. Some striking similarities between Amharic and Turkish syntax. Proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Linguists - Berlin/GDR - 1987. Berlin: Akademie Verlag: 2376–2379. Semantic analysis of some morphological phenomena in Amharic. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies - Addis Ababa 1984. Addis Ababa: Institute of Ethiopian Studies 1988: 697–703. Abstract nouns as transformation of copula sentences - the case of Amharic. Grazer Linguistische Studien 30 (1988): 69–77. Appurtenance as a linguistic concept. Folia Linguistica 23/3-4 (1989): 341–351. Some common traits in the evolution of Neo-Syriac and Neo-Ethiopian. Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 12 (1989): 294–320. (A Volume in Memory of Haim Blanc). Linguistic background of the Ethiopian Jews. In Saga of Aliya translation of no 10.