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1 online resource (xxvii, 426 pages) : illustrations |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 246 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 246. 0304-0763
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CURRENT TRENDS IN CAUCASIAN, EAST EUROPEAN AND INNER ASIAN LINGUISTICS -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Languages of the Caucasus -- 2. Siberian indigenous languages -- 3. Slavic -- 4. Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES -- FOREWORD -- THE PUBLICATIONS OF HOWARD I. ARONSON -- In Press and Forthcoming -- TOWARDS A PHONOLOGICA L TYPOLOGY OF NATIVE SIBERIA -- 1.m/n/ñ/ -- 2. Initial -- 2.1 Word-initial -- 2.2 in syllable-onset position in non-word-initial syllables -- 2.3 On in the languages of Siberia -- 3. Conclusions -- REFERENCES |
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ON THE SYNTAX OF POSSESSIVE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS INMODERN GEORGIAN AND CERTAIN INDO-EUROPEANLANGUAGES -- REFERENCES -- HOW MANY VERB CLASSES ARE THERE IN MINGRELIAN? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General comments on Mingrelian verbal classification -- 3. Various criteria which do not help to distinguish Class 4 -- 4. Areas for further research -- 4.1 Screeve distribution -- 4.2 Animacy of arguments -- 4.3 Work with native consultants -- 5. Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- MORE PONTICFURTHER ETYMOLOGIES BETWEEN INDO-EUROPEAN AND NORTHWEST CAUCASIAN -- KEY TO NOTATION -- REFERENCES |
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THE BULGARIANS OF MOLDOVA AND THEIR LANGUAGE -- 1. The Bulgarians of Moldova -- 2. Studying the Bulgarian of Moldova -- 3. The Dialectal Membership of Moldovan Bulgarian -- 4. Linguistic Features of the Moldovan Dialects of Bulgarian -- 4.1 Phonology: The vocalic system -- 4.2 Phonology: The consonantal system -- 4.3 Morphology: Divergences from the standard -- 5, Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- LEGALDOCUMENTS -- INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED WITH THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: -- LAKFOLKTALES: MATERIALS FOR A BILINGUAL READER:PART TWO -- 1. Forward -- 2. Introduction -- 3. Abbreviations -- 4. Tale Two |
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5. Vocabulary -- TYPOLOGY OF WRITING, GREEK ALPHABET, AND THEORIGIN OF ALPHABETIC SCRIPTS OF THE CHRISTIAN ORIENT -- 1. Writing as a semiotic system -- 2. The 'Plane of content' and the 'Plane of expression ' of writing -- 3. 'Paradigmatics' and 'Syntagmatics' of writing -- 4. Ancient Greek as an earliest sample of alphabetic writing -- 5. Alphabetic scripts of the Christian Orient -- 6. Alphabetic system -- a final stage in the development of writing? -- REFERENCES -- THE CASE FOR DIALECT CONTINUA IN TUNGUSIC PLURAL MORPHOLOGY -- 1. Introduction |
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2. The Geography and Dialects of Northwest ern Tungusic -- 3. Interpreting the Distribution of Plurals in Northwestern Tungusic -- 4. Dominant Plural Markers -- 5. Secondary Plurals -- 5.1 Kinship terms -- 5.2 Duals and Collectives -- 6. Residual Plurals -- 6.1 Residual plurals in Northwestern Tungusic -- 6.3 Residual plural morphemes in other Tungusic languages -- 7. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- DIALECT/LANGUAGE ABBREVIATIONS USED ON THE MAP""PLURALS IN TUNGUSIC DIALECTS"" -- INGUSH INFLECTIONAL VERB MORPHOLOGYA SYNCHRONIC CLASSIFICATION AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS WITH COMPARISON TO CHECHEN |
| Summary |
This volume is a collection of seventeen papers, on languages of all three indigenous Caucasian families as well as other languages spoken in the territory of the former Soviet Union. Several papers are concerned with diachronic questions, either within individual families, or at deeper time depths. Some authors utilize their field data to address problems of general linguistic interest, such as reflexivization. A number of papers look at the evidence for contact-induced change in multilingual areas. Some of the most exciting contributions to the collection represent significant advances in the reconstruction of the prehistory of such understudied language families as Northeast Caucasian, Tungusic and the baffling isolate Ket. This book will be of interest not only to specialists in the indigenous languages of the former USSR, but also to historical and synchronic linguists seeking to familiarize themselves with the fascinating, typologically diverse languages from the interior of the Eurasian continent. Dee Ann Holisky is Professor of English and Linguistics, and Associate Dean for Academic Programs of the College of Arts & Sciences at George Mason University. She is the author of Aspect and Georgian Medial Verbs (Caravan Books, 1981) and of numerous articles on Georgian and Kartvelian linguistics. Kevin Tuite is Professor of Anthropology at the Université de Montréal. Among his books are An Anthology of Georgian Folk Poetry (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1994) and Ethnolinguistics and Anthropological Theory (co-edited with Christine Jourdan; Montréal: Éditions Fides, 2003) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
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Language and languages
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Slawistik
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Taalkunde.
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Former Soviet republics -- Languages
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Soviet Union -- Former Soviet republics
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Asiatische Sprachen.
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften
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Festschriften.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Aronson, Howard I. (Howard Isaac), 1936-
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Holisky, Dee Ann
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Tuite, Kevin
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| LC no. |
2003055687 |
| ISBN |
9789027275257 |
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9027275254 |
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1283312077 |
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9781283312073 |
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9786613312075 |
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661331207X |
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