LEADER 03593nam 2200769 450 001 9910784819303321 005 20230706224020.0 010 $a128129148X 010 $a9786611291488 010 $a1847141641$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a9781847141644$b(electronic bk.) 035 $a(CKB)1000000000410140 035 $a(EBL)436455 035 $a(OCoLC)437129334$z(OCoLC)893334195 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000189107 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180681 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189107 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10155869 035 $a(PQKB)10225159 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436455 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436455 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL129148 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000410140 100 $a20181010d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#---unuun 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLanguage relations across Bering Strait $ereappraising the archaeological and linguistic evidence /$fMichael Fortescue 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cCassell,$d1998. 215 $a1 online resource (316 pages) 225 1 $aOpen Linguistics 311 $a0-304-70330-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [243]-251) and index. 327 $tIntroduction --$tHypotheses concerning the internal and external relations between 'Paleo-Siberian' languages --$tA typological overview of the region --$tThe reconstruction of common Eskimo-Aleut and Chukotko-Kamchatkan core morphology --$tDrawing Uralo-Yukagir morphology into the picture --$tLexical correspondences between Uralo-Siberian languages --$tWho could have spoken Proto-Uralo-Siberian-and where? --$tLinguistic layering around the bottleneck: from Beringia to the Diomede Islands. 330 $aIn building up a scenario for the arrival on the shores of Alaska of speakers of languages related to Eskimo-Aleut with genetic roots deep within Sineria, this book touches upon a number of issues in contemporary historical linguistics and archaeology. The Arctic ""gateway"" to the New World, by acting as a bottleneck, has allowed only small groups of mobile hunter-gatherers through during specific propitious periods, and thus provides a unique testing ground for theories about population and language movements in pre-agricultural times. Owing to the historically attested prevalence of languag 410 0$aOpen Linguistics 606 $aEskimo languages$xMorphology 606 $aAleut language$xMorphology 606 $aLanguages in contact$zRussia (Federation)$zSiberia 606 $aUralic peoples$xAntiquities 606 $aUralic languages$xMorphology 606 $aLanguages in contact$zBering Strait 606 $aLanguages in contact$zAlaska 606 $aEskimos$xAntiquities 606 $aAleuts$xAntiquities 606 $aEskimo-Aleut$2wikidata$1https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25946 615 0$aEskimo languages$xMorphology. 615 0$aAleut language$xMorphology. 615 0$aLanguages in contact 615 0$aUralic peoples$xAntiquities. 615 0$aUralic languages$xMorphology. 615 0$aLanguages in contact 615 0$aLanguages in contact 615 0$aEskimos$xAntiquities. 615 0$aAleuts$xAntiquities. 615 7$aEskimo-Aleut. 676 $a497/.1 700 $aFortescue$b Michael D.$0662476 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784819303321 996 $aLanguage relations across Bering Strait$91296088 997 $aUNINA