The Oxford Guide to the Transeurasian Languages

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I reuploaded this book with a few tables that were originally cut off now fixed, and added bookmarks as a bonus. The Oxford Guide to the Transeurasian Languages provides a comprehensive account of the Transeurasian languages, and is the first major reference work in the field since 1965. The term 'Transeurasian' refers to a large group of geographically adjacent languages that includes five uncontroversial linguistic families: Japonic, Koreanic, Tungusic, Mongolic, and Turkic. The historical connection between these languages, however, constitutes one of the most debated issues in historical comparative linguistics. In the present book, a team of leading international scholars in the field take a balanced approach to this controversy, integrating different theoretical frameworks, combining both functional and formal linguistics, and showing that genealogical and areal approaches are in fact compatible with one another. The volume is divided into five parts. Part I deals with the historical sources and periodization of the Transeurasian languages and their classification and typology. In Part II, chapters provide individual structural overviews of the Transeurasian languages and the linguistic subgroups that they belong to, while Part III explores Transeurasian phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis, and semantics from a comparative perspective. Part IV offers a range of areal and genealogical explanations for the correlations observed in the preceding parts. Finally, Part V combines archaeological, genetic, and anthropological perspectives on the identity of speakers of Transeurasian languages. The Oxford Guide to the Transeurasian Languages will be an indispensable resource for specialists in Japonic, Koreanic, Tungusic, Mongolic, and Turkic languages and for anyone with an interest in Transeurasian and comparative linguistics more broadly. Cover Contents Detailed Contents Series Preface Abbreviations The Contributors Romanization Conventions Introduction Part I: Sources and Classification A. Historical Sources and Periodization 1. Historical sources and periodization of the Japonic and Koreanic languages 2. The Altaic languages: Tungusic, Mongolic, Turkic B. Genealogical Classification 3. The classification of the Transeurasian languages 4. The classification of the Japonic languages 5. The classification of the Korean language and its dialects 6. The classification of the Tungusic languages 7. The classification of the Mongolic languages 8. The classification of the Turkic languages 9. A Bayesian approach to the classification of the Turkic languages C. Typology 10. The typological heritage of the Transeurasian languages 11. Typological profile of the Transeurasian languages from a quantitative perspective Part II: Individual Structural Overviews 12. Japanese and the mainland dialects 13. Amami and Okinawa, the Northern Ryukyuan languages 14. Miyako, Ishigaki, and Yonaguni, the Southern Ryukyuan languages 15. Korean and the Korean dialects 16. Jejudo Korean 17. Xibe and the Manchuric languages 18. Even and the Northern Tungusic languages 19. Nanai and the Southern Tungusic languages 20. Dagur 21. Khalkha Mongolian 22. Oirat and Kalmyk, the Western Mongolic languages 23. The Northwestern Turkic (Kipchak) languages 24. Turkish and the Southwestern Turkic (Oghuz) languages 25. Uyghur and Uzbek, the Southeastern Turkic languages 26. Sakha and Dolgan, the North Siberian Turkic languages 27. Chuvash and the Bulgharic languages Part III: Comparative Overviews A. Phonology 28. A comparative approach to the consonant inventory of the Transeurasian languages 29. A comparative approach to the vowel systems and harmonies in the Transeurasian languages and beyond B. Morphology 30. A comparative approach to verbal morphology in Transeurasian 31. A comparative approach to nominal morphology in Transeurasian: Case and plurality 32. A comparative approach to the pronominal system in Transeurasian C. Syntax 33. The nominal group, possessive agreement, and nominal sentences in the Transeurasian languages 34. Verbal categories in the Transeurasian languages 35. Complex constructions in the Transeurasian languages D. Lexicon and Semantics 36. Basic vocabulary in the Transeurasian languages 37. Numerals in the Transeurasian languages 38. Kinship-term paradigms in the Transeurasian languages Part IV: Areal versus inherited Connections 39. Contact between genealogically related languages: The case of Old Korean and Old Japanese 40. Form and pattern borrowing across Siberian Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages 41. Transeurasian as a continuum of diffusion 42. Beck-Wichmann-Brown evaluation of lexical comparisons for the Transeurasian proposal Part V: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Identity of Transeurasian 43. The homelands of the individual Transeurasian proto-languages 44. The Transeurasian homeland: Where, what, and when? 45. Transeurasian unity from a population-genetic perspective 46. Transeurasian unity from an archaelogical perspective 47. Language dispersals and the "Secondary Peoples' Revolution": A historical anthropology of the Transeurasian unity References Index