Publications

Šapattu, Šabbat, and the "Semitic Umbrella" (2025)
Reassessing the origins of the Sabbath concept through Armenian linguistic parallels.
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The "Crested Head" Sign of the Phaistos Disc (2025)
Overlooked data from the Armenian Highlands and the need for interdisciplinary review.
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Sar and Šar: An Internal Semantic Connection in the Armenian Language
A methodological shift in Armenian etymology and cognitive linguistics.
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The Code: S-Š
A System of Cognitive Oppositions in Armenian Lexicon.
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A Critical Re-examination of the Etymology of the Semantic Cluster ašxarh / ašxar / apašxarel (2025)
A systematic critique of the traditional Iranian-based etymology and an argument for a unified, native Armenian semantic cluster linking “world”, “peace”, “sorrow”, and “repentance” through internally motivated conceptual relations.
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Cognitive Semantics and Structural Inversion in Armenian (2025)
Part of the Archetypal Linguistics Manifesto (ALL Series). This study demonstrates how ancient Armenian lexical architecture encodes cognitive oppositions (e.g., material → quality) through controlled phonetic inversion, suggesting deliberate linguistic design.
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Systematization of Minoan Lighting Devices and an Archaeological Anomaly (2025)
A re-analysis of Bastien Rueff’s corpus that identifies the symbolic prohibition against combining the “water” domain (shells) with the “fire” domain (lamps), following Mary Douglas’s model of purity and conceptual domain separation.
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Convex Culmination and the Semantic Structure of šapattu (2026)
Investigating the possible cognitive and topological structures underlying šapattu through Armenian linguistic parallels and the image-schema of convex culmination, fullness, and cyclical completion.
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Weaving the Beginning: A Textile Model for the Five-Dot Opening Marker on the Phaistos Disc (2026)
A textile interpretation of the five-dot opening marker on the Phaistos Disc, examining its possible connection with weaving, beginnings, and the structure of the ancient loom.
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Key in the Spiral: Field A13 and the Triadic Structure of Side A of the Phaistos Disc (2026)
Structural analysis of the anomalous field A13 and the triadic organization of Side A of the Phaistos Disc.
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The Architecture of Writing: The Formulaic Structure of the Phaistos Disc and the Mesopotamian Scribal Tradition (2026)
Structural and positional analysis of signs [02] and [12], with a comparison to formulaic organization and geographical classifiers in the Mesopotamian scribal tradition.
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