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Author Wang, Penglin, author

Title Linguistic mysteries of ethnonyms in Inner Asia / Penglin Wang
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]

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Contents Cover; Linguistic Mysteries of Ethnonyms inInner Asia; Linguistic Mysteries of Ethnonyms inInner Asia; Contents; List of Tables; Transcription, Sign, andAbbreviation; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Language Contact; Two Trends of Thought on Methodology; Phonetic Transcription and Homogeneous Reconstruction; Notes; Chapter 1; A Linguistic Approach to Ethnonyms; The Words for â#x80;#x98;Peopleâ#x80;#x99; and the Like in Ethnonyms and Toponyms; The Words for â#x80;#x98;Sun, Sunriseâ#x80;#x99; and the Like in Ethnonyms; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 2; Numerals in Ethnonyms; Cardinal Numbers; High Numbers
More Cases of Numerical RepresentationsConclusion; Notes; Chapter 3; Xianbei as Cold; Attestation and Annotation of Xianbei; Xianbei Has No Etymological Connection with Shiwei; Coldness as a Climatic Factor for Nomenclature; Cross-linguistic Correspondences and Vagaries; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4; TabγaÄ#x8D; as Farmer; Existing Points of View; Two Different Methods; The Phonetic Similarity between Tuoba and TabÎ#x93;aÄ#x8D;; TuobãTabÎ#x93;aÄ#x8D; as a Polysemic Word; Agriculture as an Economic Sector in Xianbei Society; The Mongolic Affiliation of Xianbei Language; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 5
Shiwei at the Juncture of Septenary and NorthIdentification of Shiwei; Linguistic Analyses; Is Shiwei Connected with Shibi?; Who Were the Yellow-Headed Shiwei?; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6; Mongol and Merkit as Sunrise; MongÄ#x9F;o- as Ethnonyms; MongÄ#x9F;o- as Personal Names; From MongÄ#x9F;os to Yeke MongÄ#x9F;ol Ulus; Etymology; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 7; JÌ#x8C;uÅ¡en and Nikan as Deictic Expressions; The Ethnonym JÌ#x8C;uÅ¡en; From Liqian to Nikan; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; About the Author
Summary Linguistic Mysteries of Ethnonyms in Inner Asia is recommended for scholars of inner Asian languages, cultures, and history, and unravels the origin and meaning of many ethnonyms on the basis of language contact and cultural interaction between the Altaic and Indo-European people
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Names, Ethnological -- Asia, Central
Intercultural communication -- Asia, Central
Communication and culture -- Asia, Central
Altaic languages -- History
Indo-European languages -- History
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
Intercultural communication
Indo-European languages
Communication and culture
Altaic languages
Names, Ethnological
Onomastics
Central Asia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018028502
ISBN 9781498535281
1498535283