Proceedings of the First International Conference on Manchu-Tungus Studies, Bonn, August 28-September 1, 2000: Trends in Tungusic and Siberian linguistics
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Manchu-Tungus Studies, Bonn, August 28-September 1, 2000: Trends in Tungusic and Siberian linguistics

Author: Carsten Naeher

Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9783447046282

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In recent years, Manchu and Tungus studies have experienced an increased interest from scholars all around the world, among them experts of such diverse fields as Chinese and Inner Asian history, folklore studies, comparative Altaic philology, and linguistics. The present collaborative volume contains a selection of papers on Tungusic and Siberian linguistics and ethnolinguistics from the First International Conference on Manchu-Tungus Studies (ICMTS), which took place at the University of Bonn in summer 2000.From the table of contents (12 contributions): G. Doerfer, Altaistik? Ein subjektiver Uberblick B.E. Dresher, X. Zhang, Contrast in Manchu Vowel Systems S. Georg, Unreclassifying Tungusic E. Helimski, Die Sprache der Avaren: Die mandschu'tungusische Alternative S. Kazama, On the "Causative" Forms in Tungus Languages G.N. Kiyose, Independent Corroberation of the Jurchen *- Reconstructed by the Comparative Method C. Naeher, A Note on Vowel Harmony in Manchu H. Werner, Zum Problem der KausativFormen in den Jenissej-Sprachen

Udeghe (Udihe) Folk Tales
Udeghe (Udihe) Folk Tales

Author: Irina Alekseevna Nikolaeva

Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9783447046985

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This book is a collection of fairy tales in Udeghe (Udihe), an endangered Tungus language spoken by approximately 100 people in the southern part of the Russian Far East. It provides the first fairly representative sample of folklore in the Southern dialect of Udeghe. The twenty-five texts were recorded from Udeghe speakers in the Primorje region of Russia between 1984 and 1997. They are published in phonological transcription and supplied with morpheme-by-morpheme glosses and English translations. The footnotes clarify certain Udeghe words, expressions, objects and customs, and provide information on when and how the texts were recorded, as well as about similar motifs that appear in other published sources on the folklore of the Udeghe, and other Tungus people. The book also contains a preface which explains the conventions used in rendering the texts, and gives a brief introduction to Udeghe language and culture.

The Contrastive Hierarchy in Phonology
The Contrastive Hierarchy in Phonology

Author: B. Elan Dresher

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-09-03

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 0521889731

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The subject of 'contrast' in phonology is one of the most central concepts in linguistics and is of key importance to linguists working across many languages. This book offers a fascinating account of both the logic and history of contrast in phonology.

Asymmetries in Vowel Harmony
Asymmetries in Vowel Harmony

Author: Harry van der Hulst

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-08-23

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 0192543067

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This book deals with the phenomenon of vowel harmony, a phonological process whereby all the vowels in a word are required to share a specific phonological property, such as front or back articulation. Vowel harmony occurs in the majority of languages of the world, though only in very few European languages, and has been a central concern in phonological theory for many years. In this volume, Harry van der Hulst puts forward a new theory of vowel harmony, which accounts for the patterns of and exceptions to this phenomenon in the widest range of languages ever considered. The book begins with an overview of the general causes of asymmetries in vowel harmony systems. The two following chapters provide a detailed account of a new theory of vowel harmony based on unary elements and licensing, which is embedded in a general dependency-based theory of phonological structure. In the remaining chapters, this theory is applied to a variety of vowel harmony phenomena from typologically diverse languages, including palatal harmony in languages such as Finnish and Hungarian, labial harmony in Turkic languages, and tongue root systems in Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, and Tungusic languages. The volume provides a valuable overview of the diversity of vowel harmony in the languages of the world and is essential reading for phonologists of all theoretical persuasions.

Tumen Jalafun Jecen Aku
Tumen Jalafun Jecen Aku

Author: Giovanni Stary

Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9783447053785

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A. Pozzi, Imperturbable and very Patient H. Chan, The Dating of the Founding of the Jurchen-Jin State: Historical Revisions and Political Expediencies N. Di Cosmo, A Note on the Authorship of Dzengseo's Beyei cooha bade yabuha babe ejehe bithe L. Gorelova, Information Structures in the Manchu Language J. Janhunen, From Manchuria to Amdo Qinghai: On the Ethnic Implications of the Tuyuhun Migration D. Kane, Khitan and Jurchen G. Kara, Solon Ewenki in Mongolian Script K. Maezono, Onomatopoetika im Mandschu und im Japanischen J. Miyawaki-Okada, What 'Manju' Was in the Beginning and When It Grew into a Place-name T. Nakami, The Manchu Bannerman Jinliang's Search for Manchu-Qing Historical Sources H. Okada, The Manchu Documents in the Higuchi Ichiyo-Collection on the Takadaya Kahee Incident and the Release of Captain V.M. Golovnin T. A. Pang, N.N. Krotkov's Questionnaire to Balishan Concerning Sibe-Solon Shamanism J. Reckel, Yu-Kye - Ein koreanischer Verbannter am Tumen im Jahre 1650/51 T. Tsumagari, Morphological status of the Manchu case markers: particle or suffix? V. Veit, A Set of 17th to 19th Century Manchu-Mongolian Patents for Hereditary Ranks and Honorary Titles A. Vovin, Why Manchu and Jurchen Look So Non-Tungusic?

The Oxford Guide to the Transeurasian Languages
The Oxford Guide to the Transeurasian Languages

Author: Martine Robbeets

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 984

ISBN-13: 0198804628

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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.

Paradigm Change
Paradigm Change

Author: Martine Robbeets

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2014-10-15

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 9027269734

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This book is concerned with comparing morphological paradigms between languages in order to establish areal and genealogical relationships. The languages in focus are the Transeurasian languages: Japanese, Korean, Tungusic, Mongolic, and Turkic languages. World-eminent experts in diachronic morphology and typology interact with specialists on Transeurasian languages, presenting innovative theoretical analyses and new empirical facts. The stress on the importance of paradigmatic morphology in historical linguistics contrasts sharply with the paucity of existing literature on the topic. This volume partially fills this gap, by shifting focus from Indo-European to other language families. “Paradigm change” will appeal to scholars and advanced students concerned with linguistic reconstruction, language contact, morphology and typology, and to anyone interested in the Transeurasian languages.