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1 online resource (984 p.) |
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Oxford Guides to the World's Languages Ser |
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Oxford Guides to the World's Languages Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- The Oxford Guide to the Transeurasian Languages -- Copyright -- Short Contents -- Detailed Contents -- Series Preface -- Abbreviations -- The Contributors -- Romanization Conventions -- 1 Romanization of Japonic forms -- Contemporary Japanese -- Old Japanese -- 2 Romanization of Korean forms -- Contemporary Korean -- Middle Korean -- 3 Romanization of Tungusic forms -- 4 Romanization of Mongolic forms -- 5 Romanization of Turkic forms -- Plates -- Introduction -- Part I: Sources and Classification -- A. Historical Sourcesand Periodization |
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Chapter 1: Historical sources and periodization of the Japonic and Koreanic languages -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Transcriptions, sources, periodization -- 1.1.2 Sources -- 1.1.3 Periodization -- 1.2 Japonic languages -- 1.2.1 Peninsular Japonic -- 1.2.2 Mainland Japonic -- 1.2.2.1 Pre-Old Japanese (c. 200-late 600s) -- 1.2.2.2 Old Japanese ( jōdai nihongo -- c. late 600s-800) -- 1.2.2.3 Early Middle Japanese (chūko nihongo -- c. 800-1200) -- 1.2.2.4 Late Middle Japanese (chūsei nihongo -- c. 1200-1600) -- 1.2.2.5 Early Modern Japanese (kinsei nihongo -- c. 1600-late 1800s) |
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1.2.2.6 Contemporary Japanese (gendai nihongo -- late 1800s-present -- 1.2.3 Ryūkyūan language -- 1.2.3.1 Old Okinawan (late 1500s-early 1700s) -- 1.2.3.2 Middle Okinawan (mid-1700s-late 1800s) -- 1.2.3.3 Modern Okinawan and other Ryūkyūan languages (late 1800s-present) -- 1.3 Koreanic languages -- 1.3.1 Early Koreanic (c. 200-600) -- 1.3.2 Old Korean (kotay hankwuke -- late 500s-mid-900s) -- 1.3.3 Early Middle Korean (EMK -- choki cwungsey hankwuke -- late 900s-c. 1400) -- 1.3.4 Late Middle Korean (huki cwungsey hankwuke -- c. 1400-1600) -- 1.3.5 Early Modern Korean (kuntay hankwuke |
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C. 1600-late 1800s -- 1.3.6 Contemporary Korean (hyentay hankwuke -- late 1800s-present) -- Chapter 2: The Altaic languages: Tungusic, Mongolic, Turkic -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Tungusic languages -- 2.2.1 Distribution and number of speakers -- 2.2.2 Scripts and sources -- 2.3 Mongolic languages -- 2.3.1 Distribution and number of speakers -- 2.3.2 Scripts and sources -- 2.4 Turkic languages -- 2.4.1 Distribution and number of speakers -- 2.4.2 Scripts and sources -- Acknowledgments -- B. Genealogical Classification -- Chapter 3: The classification of the Transeurasian languages |
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3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Previous classifications -- 3.3 Classification on the basis of the historical-comparative linguistic method -- 3.3.1 Shared innovations in Japano-Koreanic -- 3.3.2 Shared innovations in Altaic -- 3.3.3 Shared innovations between Turkic and Mongolic -- 3.3.4 Shared innovations between Mongolic and Tungusic -- 3.3.5 Shared innovations between Turkic and Tungusic -- 3.3.6 Shared innovations in Turkic -- 3.3.7 Shared innovations in Tungusic -- 3.3.8 Resulting classification -- 3.4 Classification on the basisof Bayesian inference -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment |
| Summary |
This volume provides a comprehensive treatment of the Transeurasian languages. It offers detailed structural overviews of individual languages, as well as comparative perspectives and insights from typology, genetics, and anthropology. The book will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested in Transeurasian and comparative linguistics |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Chapter 4: The classification of the Japonic languages |
| Subject |
Altaic languages -- History
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Japanese language -- History
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Comparative linguistics -- Eurasia
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Languages in contact -- Eurasia
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Altaic languages
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Comparative linguistics
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Japanese language
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Languages in contact
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Eurasia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Savelyev, Alexander
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| ISBN |
9780192526786 |
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0192526782 |
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