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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450940303321

Autore

Clauson Gerard <1891-1974, >

Titolo

Studies in Turkic and Mongolic linguistics / / Gerard Clauson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-43012-4

1-280-23936-0

9786610239368

0-203-98755-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Collana

Royal Asiatic Society books

Disciplina

494.3

Soggetti

Turkic languages

Turkic languages - History

Mongolian languages

Mongolian languages - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 1962.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I  THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE TURKISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES; CHAPTER II  THE EVOLUTION OF THE TURKISH LANGUAGES; CHAPTER III  THE TRANSCRIPTION OF TURKISH LANGUAGES; CHAPTER IV  THE ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS IN A HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF TURKISH; CHAPTER V  THE EVIDENCE REGARDING THE PHONETIC STRUCTURE OF PRE-EIGHTH CENTURY TURKISH; CHAPTER VI  THE STRUCTURE OF THE WORD IN PRE-EIGHTH CENTURY TURKISH; CHAPTER VII  THE SUFFIXES IN PRE-EIGHTH CENTURY TURKISH

CHAPTER VIII  THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PHONETIC STRUCTURE OF PRE-EIGHTH CENTURY TURKISHCHAPTER IX  THE LATER HISTORY OF THE UYGUR ALPHABET; CHAPTER X  THE PHONETIC STRUCTURE OF PRE-THIRTEENTH CENTURY MONGOLIAN; CHAPTER XI  THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TURKISH AND MONGOLIAN; EPILOGUE; ADDENDUM; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book, now back in print having been unavailable for many years, is one of the most important contributions to Turkic and Mongolic



linguistics, and to the contentious 'Altaic theory'.  Proponents of the theory hold that Turkish is part of the Altaic family, and that Turkish accordingly exists in parallel with Mongolic and Tungusic-Manchu. Whatever the truth of this theory, Gerard Clauson's erudite and vigorously expressed views, based as they were on a remarkable knowledge of the lexicon of the Altaic languages and his outstanding work in the field of Turkish lexicography, continues to com