Introduction to Altaic Philology : Turkic, Mongolian, Manchu


Igor. de Rachewiltz
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Leiden : : BRILL, , 2010.
Omfang
1 online resource (544 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - List of Texts and Figures; Preface; Abbreviations and Conventional Signs; Introduction; Chapter One: Chuvash-Turkic; Chapter Two: Mongolian; Chapter Three: Manchu-Tungus; Chapter Four: The Altaic Hypothesis; Bibliography and Abbreviations; List of Suffixes and Particles; General Index. - There are many excellent books dealing with Old Turkic, Preclassical and Classical Mongolian and Literary Manchu individually, but none providing in a single volume a comprehensive survey of all the three major Altaic languages. The present volume attempts to fill this gap; at the same time it reviews also the much debated Altaic Hypothesis. The book is intended for use by students at university level as well as by general readers with a basic knowledge of linguistics. The 39 language texts analysed in the volume are discussed within their historical and cultural context, thus vastly enlarging
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Dewey
494
ISBN
9789004185289

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