Volume 4 includes unique records of Orok (Uilta), a Tungusic language (dictionaries, texts, grammatical comments) noted down by Pilsudski directly from native informants at the beginning of the 20th century on Sakhalin. The original source material is identified with the help of - and confronted against - all the existing contemporary dictionaries with the assistance of leading specialists in the field (the Novosibirsk Avrorin group, also called the school of Manchu-Tungusologists). Abundant comparative data are quoted.
All necessary introductory information and commentaries of...
Volume 4 includes unique records of Orok (Uilta), a Tungusic language (dictionaries, texts, grammatical comments) noted down by Pilsudski directly...
This book is the result of over 50 years of research, and it represents an intellectual journey. It is maximally accessible by tabulating the data and inserting frequent cross-references. Dictionary entries are in the alphabetical order of the deepest reconstruction in the set, and there is an English-Utian section at the end of the volume. Yokuts (or Proto Yokuts) is also inserted where there is a resemblance. This strategy is especially helpful for those who wish to use the volume for remote comparison. In this manner, it can serve as a reference book for seminars on non-traditional...
This book is the result of over 50 years of research, and it represents an intellectual journey. It is maximally accessible by tabulating the data ...
The Hittite Etymological Dictionary is a comprehensive compendium of the vocabulary of Hittite, one of the great languages of the Ancient Near East, and of paramount importance for comparative Indo-European studies. As evidenced by frequency of reference and quotation, this work is an important tool for study and research in Hittite, Ancient Anatolian, and Indo-European linguistics. Volume 10 deals with words beginning with SA.
The Hittite Etymological Dictionary is a comprehensive compendium of the vocabulary of Hittite, one of the great languages of the Ancient Near East...
Arab societies have seen considerably large changes over the past 40 years, but sociolinguistic studies conducted on Arabic speech communities have almost focused on the diglossic situation, with few studies on language variation and/or change going on except in Arab capitals. This book is a coverage of dialect contact in Egypt, a topic that is hardly studied, and, therefore, the results obtained and the discussion offered would contribute to understanding how language varies in Egypt in general and in Upper Egypt in particular, the reasons for this variation, and attitudes towards it. The...
Arab societies have seen considerably large changes over the past 40 years, but sociolinguistic studies conducted on Arabic speech communities have al...
