Languages and prehistory of central Siberia / edited by Edward J. Vajda.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vajda, Edward J.

Dulʹzon, A. P. (Andreĭ Petrovich)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 262.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 262

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Siberia (Russia)--Languages.

Siberia (Russia).

Siberia (Russia)--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The twelve articles in this volume describe Yeniseic, Samoyedic and Siberian Turkic languages as a linguistic complex of great interest to typologists, grammarians, diachronic and synchronic linguists, as well as cultural anthropologists. The articles demonstrate how interdependent the disparate languages spoken in this area actually are. Individual articles discuss borrowing and language replacement, as well as compare the development of language subsystems, such as numeral words in Ket and Selkup. Three of the articles also discuss the historical and anthropological origins of the tribes of

Contents:

LANGUAGES AND PREHISTORY OF CENTRAL SIBERIA; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; THE LANGUAGES OF CENTRAL SIBERIA INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; YENISEIC COUNTING SYSTEMS; PATTERNS OF PLURAL FORMATION IN KOTT NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES; ON DISTINGUISHING LOANWORDS FROM THE ORIGINAL PROTO-YENISEIC LEXICON; INCORPORATION AND WORD FORMATION IN KET; MORPHOLOGICAL REANALYSIS IN THE SELKUP VERB; SYNONYMY, ALLOMORPHY, AND FREE VARIATION IN SELKUP DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXES; THE SELKUP WORLDVIEW AS REFLECTED IN BASIC NUMBER WORDS

SHARED SELKUP-KET TERMINOLOGY IN RITUAL AND SPIRITUAL CULTURESHAMAN AND BEAR SIBERIAN PREHISTORY IN TWO MIDDLE CHULYM TEXTS; SOUTH SIBERIAN SOUND SYMBOLISM; LINGUISTIC REFLECTIONS OF XAKAS ETHNOHISTORY; CULTURAL ORIGINS OF THE TAIGA-DWELLING PEOPLES OF THE MIDDLE YENISEI; A PALEOASIATIC SUBSTRATE AMONG THE KET: EVIDENCE FROM SUNK EN EARTH DWELLINGS; PREHISTORIC CULTURAL LINKS ALONG THE YENISEI REVELATIONS FROM A BRONZE IDOL; INDEX

Notes:

"Papers brought together in honor of Andreas Dulson."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613312020

9781283312028

1283312026

9789027275165

9027275165

OCLC:

759101587