LEADER 05005oam 2200709I 450 001 9910779302403321 005 20230721020805.0 010 $a1-135-79703-X 010 $a0-203-64173-6 010 $a1-283-88723-1 010 $a1-135-79704-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203641736 035 $a(CKB)2550000000710492 035 $a(EBL)200883 035 $a(OCoLC)826494539 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000787074 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12327931 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000787074 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10803650 035 $a(PQKB)10156925 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200883 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL200883 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10639049 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL419973 035 $a(OCoLC)822565468 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000710492 100 $a20180706d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Iranian languages /$fedited by Gernot Windfuhr 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (961 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge language family series 225 0$aRoutledge language family series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-62235-2 311 $a0-7007-1131-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTHE IRANIAN LANGUAGES; Copyright; BRIEF CONTENTS; FULL CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Foreword; List of abbreviations; Chapter1 Introduction to The Iranian Languages; 1 Overview; Bibliography; Chapter 2Dialectology and topics; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Origins: The Central Asian component; 1.2 Ancient non-Iranian contact languages; 1.3 Listing of Iranian languages; 1.4 Predecessors of Modern Iranian languages; 1.5 Modern non-Iranian contact languages; 2 Phonology; 2.1 Early Iranian dialects; 2.2 West Iranian consonantal developments; 2.3 Innovations: SW drift vs. NW 327 $a2.4 East and West Iranian2.5 Stress; 3 Morphology and syntax; 3.1 Gender and animacy; 3.2 Cases and personal enclitics; 3.3 Deixis; 3.4 The verbal quincunx system; 3.5 Markers of aspect; 3.6 Present marker *-ant; 4 Syntax; 4.1 Word order typology: adjectival noun phrase; 4.1.1 Diachrony; 4.1.2 Urartian and Elamite substrates; 4.1.3 Iranian as a "buffer zone"; 4.2 Bundling West Iranian isoglosses; 4.3 The Iranian ergative construction; 4.4 Differential object marking; 4.5 Clause complementation; Bibliography and references; A Selected topical references; B Alphabetical; Chapter 3Old Iranian 327 $a1 Introduction1.1 The Old Iranian languages; 1.1.1 The Old and Young Avesta, Old and Young Avestan; 1.1.2 The oral background of the Avestan text; 1.1.3 The Avestan alphabet; 1.1.4 Stages of Avestan; 1.1.5 Old Persian; 1.1.6 The Old Persian script; 1.1.7 Old Iranian grammars; 1.2 The phonology of Indo-Iranian; 1.2.1 Consonants; 1.2.1.1 IIr. Velars; 1.2.1.2 IIr. Affricates; 1.2.1.3 IIr. s? z?; 1.2.1.4 IIr. The laryngeals; 1.2.1.5 IIr. Liquids and nasals; 1.2.2 Vowels; 1.2.3 Proto-Indo-Iranian phoneme inventory; 1.2.4 Ablaut; 1.3 The phonology of Proto-Iranian; 1.4 Early Iranian dialects 327 $a1.5 Writing systems1.5.1 The Avestan script; 1.5.2 The Old Persian script; 2 Phonology; 2.1 The phonology of Avestan; 2.1.1 Vowel systems; 2.1.1.1 Notes on the vowels; 2.1.1.2 Vocalic length; 2.1.1.3 Diphthongs; 2.1.1.4 Hiatus; 2.1.1.5 IIr. r; 2.1.1.6 Nasalised vowels; 2.1.2 Consonant systems; 2.1.2.1 Notes on the consonants; 2.1.2.2 Sibilants; 2.1.2.3 'Shibilants'; 2.1.2.4 Distribution; 2.2 The phonology of Old Persian; 2.2.1 The vowels a ?, ? ?, u ?; 2.2.2 Consonants; 2.2.2.1 Notes on the consonants; 2.2.3 Late Old Persian; 2.3 The morphophonology of Avestan and Old Persian; 2.3.1 Vowels 327 $a2.3.2.3a Groups at morpheme boundary 330 $aThe Iranian languages form the major eastern branch of the Indo-European group of languages, itself part of the larger Indo-Iranian family. Estimated to have between 150 and 200 million native speakers, the Iranian languages constitute one of the world's major language families. This comprehensive volume offers a detailed overview of the principle languages which make up this group: Old Iranian, Middle Iranian, and New Iranian. The Iranian Languages is divided into fifteen chapters. The introductory chapters by the editor present a general overview and a detailed disc 410 0$aRoutledge Language Family Series 606 $aIranian languages$xGrammar, Comparative 606 $aIranian languages 606 $aIranian languages$xSyntax 615 0$aIranian languages$xGrammar, Comparative. 615 0$aIranian languages. 615 0$aIranian languages$xSyntax. 676 $a491/.5 701 $aWindfuhr$b Gernot$0637941 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779302403321 996 $aThe Iranian languages$93708416 997 $aUNINA