Early Indo-Europeans in Central Asia and China : cultural relations as reflected in language / Václav Blažek & Michal Schwarz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blažek, Václav, author.

Schwarz, Michal, author.

Series:

Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft ; n.F., Bd. 13.

Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft ; Band 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indo-European languages--Asia, Central--History.

Indo-European languages.

Indo-European languages--China--History.

Indo-Europeans--Asia, Central--History.

Indo-Europeans.

Indo-Europeans--China--History.

Indo-European philology.

History.

Central Asia.

China.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

361 pages : some illustrations ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Innsbruck : Institut für Sprachen und Literatur der Universität Innsbruck, Bereich Sprachwissenschaft, 2017.

Summary:

"This monograph summarizes the results of research into the mutual interactions of Indo-European populations with their neighbours speaking non-Indo-European languages in Central Asia and China. It covers the time span from the expected arrival of the first Indo-Europeans in the Tarim Basin, which is usually connected with the appearance of so-called Tarim mummies from around 2000 BC, to the 13th century CE, when the first Europeans travelled to China. The main part of the monograph is devoted to analyses of contacts between Tocharian and other Central Asian Indo-European languages (Middle Iranian epigraphic and literary languages such as Bactrian, the Saka languages from Khotan and Tumshuq, Sogdian, Parthian; further Kroraina Prakrit and Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit) on the one hand and non-Indo-European languages (Old & Middle Chinese; various Old Turkic dialects) on the other hand"--Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-355).

ISBN:

9783851242409

3851242408

OCLC:

1004222061

Publisher Number:

9783851242409