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Manchu Grammar
A comprehensive grammar of Manchu, the official language in China during the Qing dynasty. Taking also into account the scholarship on the subject from both China and Russia, the volume covers the Manchu writing system, morphology and phrenology. Sibe is also dealt with.
Kinship in the Altaic World
From the table of contents: (38 contributions) A. Kh. Aliyeva, Evolution of the Travel Notes Genre ("Seyahatname") in Tatar Literature V. M. Alpatov, Words of Kinship in Japanese Z. Anayban, Epic Legends and Archival Materials as Sources for Historical Study of the Role of Woman in Traditional Nomadic Societies of Southern Siberia T. A. Anikeeva, Kinship in the Epic Genres of Turkish Folklore A. A. Arslanova, History of Political Relations between the Ulus of Djochi and the Uluses of the Khulaguyids I. Baski, On the Ethnic Names of the Cumans of Hungary G. F. Blagova, Relationship Terms in the Structure of Proto-Turkic Anthroponymic System E. V. Boikova, Mongolian Family in Perception of Foreigners (pre-revolutionary period) Ch. F. Carlson, Finno-Ugric and Turkic Parallel Kinship Systems P. P. Dambueva, On the Category of Voice in the Present Day Buryat Language A. V. Dybo, Indoeuropeans and Altaians through the Linguistic Reconstruction R. Finch, The Suffix /-ko/ in Japanese F. A. Ganiev, Types of Affixes in Turkic Languages M. I. Gol'man, B. Ya. Vladimirtsov about the Mongolian obok (kin) of the 11th-12th Centuries.
Afghanistan
Presents a thematically indexed bibliography devoted to Afghanistan. Following the pattern established by one of its major data sources, viz, the acclaimed Index Islamicus, both journal articles and book publications are included and indexed.
Sogdian Traders
The Sogdian Traders were the main go-between of Central Asia from the fifth to the eighth century. From their towns of Samarkand, Bukhara, or Tashkent, their diaspora is attested by texts, inscriptions or archaeology in all the major countries of Asia (India, China, Iran, Turkish Steppe, but also Byzantium). This survey for the first time brings together all the data on their trade, from the beginning, a small-scale trade in the first century BC up to its end in the tenth century. It should interest all the specialists of Ancient and Medieval Asia (including specialists of Sinology, Islamic Studies, Iranology, Turkology and Indology) but also specialists of Medieval Economic History.
Diachrony of Verb Morphology
This book deals with shared verb morphology in Japanese and other languages that have been identified as Transeurasian (traditionally: “Altaic”) in previous research. It analyzes shared etymologies and reconstructed grammaticalizations with the goal to provide evidence for the genealogical relatedness of these languages.
Unknown Treasures of the Altaic World in Libraries, Archives and Museums
No detailed description available for "Unknown Treasures of the Altaic World in Libraries, Archives and Museums".
Spoken Sibe: Morphology of the Inflected Parts of Speech
At present, the Sibe language is the only oral variety of Manchu which is actually in use. With some 20,000 to 30,000 speakers it is also the most widely spoken Tungusic language. The Sibe people, who live at the North-Western border of the present-day Sinkiang Uyghur Autonomous province of China, are descendants of the garrison men of the Manchu army from 18th century. They were sent there after the area was annexed by the Manchus with the task to guard the newly established border between the Manchu Empire and Russia. Being soldiers of an alien army they remained isolated from the indigenous Turkic and Mongolian peoples, which resulted in an allmost miraculous preservation of the language....
Afghanistan
This up-to-date, comprehensive, thematically indexed bibliography devoted to Afghanistan now and yesterday will help readers to efficiently find their way in the massive secondary literature available. Following the pattern established by one of its major data sources, viz. the acclaimed Index Islamicus, both journal articles and book publications are included and expertly indexed. An indispensable entry for all those taking professional or personal interest in a nation so much the focus of attention today.
