Yeniseian Peoples and Languages: A History of Yeniseian Studies with an Annotated Bibliography and a Source Guide

ISBN-13: 9781138862401 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 432 str.

Edward J. Vajda

Opis

The Kets of Central Siberia are perhaps the most enigmatic of Siberia's aboriginal tribes. Today numbering barely 1,100 souls living in several small villages on the middle reaches of the Yenisei, the Kets have retained much of their ancient culture, as well as their unique language.
Genetic studies of the Ket hint at an ancient affinity with Tibetans, Burmese, and other peoples of peoples of South East Asia not shared by any other Siberian people. The Ket language, which is unrelated to any other living Siberian tongue, also appears to be a relic of a bygone linguistic landscape of Inner Asia.
Because language isolates such as Ket are of special value to scholars of the original peopling of the continents, linguists have recently attempted to link Ket with North Caucasian, Sino- Tibetan, Burushaski, Basque and Na Dene. None of these links have been proved to the satisfaction of all linguists, and the research continues both in Russia and abroad.

Spis treści

Part 1 THE HISTORY OF YENISEIAN STUDIES; Part 2 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS; Part 3 GUIDE TO UNPUBLISHED SOURCES; Chapter 1 DISSERTATIONS; Chapter 2 ARCHIVES; Chapter 3 OTHER UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS; Chapter 4 MUSEUM COLLECTIONS (INCLUDING ARCHIVES); Chapter 5 INTERNET RESOURCES; Part 4 CLASSIFIED INDEX; Chapter 6 YENISEIAN LANGUAGES, GENERAL INFORMATION; Chapter 7 Historical linguistics; Chapter 8 Extinct Yeniseian languages; Chapter 9 Typology; Chapter 10 Structure of modern (Imbat) Ket; Chapter 11 YENISEIAN PEOPLES (ETHNOGRAPHY, HISTORY, DEMOGRAPHICS, ETC.); Chapter 12 General information; Chapter 13 Early (pre-1865) sources on Yeniseian peoples; Chapter 14 Demographics; Chapter 15 Physical anthropology, genetics; Chapter 16 Origins, links with prehistoric cultures and peoples; Chapter 17 Yeniseian interaction with other Asian peoples; Chapter 18 History of Yeniseian-Russian interaction; Chapter 19 Native rights; Chapter 20 Ket ethnography, general; Chapter 21 Fictional works depicting Yeniseian peoples or cultures; Chapter 22 Maps; Chapter 23 Drawings or photographs showing Kets or Ket culture; Chapter 24 DATA ON YENISEIAN STUDIES; Chapter 25 History of scholarship; Chapter 26 Bibliographies; Chapter 27 Biographic information on scholars (including articles in the popular press); Chapter 28 Published travel notes or data on expeditions; Chapter 29 Descriptions of archival sources or articles using extensive archival materials; Chapter 30 Descriptions of museum collections;

O autorze

Edward J. Vajda