Volume 1 The Mouton Atlas of Languages and Cultures, 1

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2019

Volume 1 The Mouton Atlas of Languages and Cultures, 1

Edited by: Gerd Carling

Part of the multi-volume work The Mouton Atlas of Languages and Cultures

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110367416

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About this book

The notion of cultural aspects of language variation and change is a growing field. However, collective works on the current stance within this domain are still scarce. The Mouton Atlas of Languages and Cultures embraces a substantial part of the Eurasian continent and equips the reader to better observe, reconstruct and understand the impact of culture and cultural changes on language diversity and linguistic developments. Along the way, a fascinating range of interdisciplinary issues, from database encoding conventions to etymologies and cultural anthropology, are discussed.

Based on an extensive database assembled by Gerd Carling and her team in Lund, Sweden, the atlas presents typological and lexical data of more than 200 ancient and modern languages, many encoded for the very first time. Alongside classic maps, the atlas features new visualizations, such as polygons and network diagrams, which smartly illustrate complex linguistic patterns of borrowability, co-lexification and semantic evolution and thereby provide entirely new perspectives.

In collaboration with Acherdan Abregov, Elnur Aliyev, Leila Avidzba, Chundra Cathcart, Merab Chukhua, Sandra Cronhamn, Robert Farren, Johan Frid, Anne Goergens, Josine Greidanus, Teimuraz Gvantseladze, Harald Hammarström, Arthur Holmer, Niklas Johansson, Madzhid Khalilov, Edin Kuckovic, Filip Larsson, Tamar Lomadze, Mikael Novén, Ante Petrović, Erich Round, Revaz Tchantouria, Maka Tetradze, Larisa Tuptsokova, Karina Vamling, Briana Van Epps, Rob Verhoeven, Ola Wikander, Astrid Zimmermann.

DiACL - Diachronic Atlas of Comparative Linguistics

https://snd.gu.se/en/catalogue/study/ext0269

https://diacl.ht.lu.se/

Analyzing language spread and diversity in relation to environment, subsistence and cultural contact
Smart visualizations of complex language patterns
Containing data from both ancient and modern languages

Author information

Gerd Carling, Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University, Sweden.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Funding and support Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Orthographic conventions for Caucasian languages Publicly Available Download PDF	xiv
Overview of conventions Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Overview of tables Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Overview of figures Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
Overview of maps Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiii
Overview of appendices Publicly Available Download PDF	xxvii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xxix
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Theoretical backdrop: words, things, and humans in their environment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
3. Language: classification, reconstruction, and principles of change Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
4. Description of the database Diachronic Atlas of Comparative Linguistics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
5. Atlas: Grammar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
6. Atlas: Lexicon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
7. Concluding chapter: an integrated view of the linguistic and cultural histories of Eurasia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	378
Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
Appendix 1: Languages of the current atlas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
Appendix 2a: Grammar: Features, complete list (from DiACL) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405
Appendix 2b: Grammar: State combinations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
Appendix 2c: Grammar: State combinations in languages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	414
Appendix 2d: Grammar: Solutions 1–10 by Structure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	426
Appendix 3a: Lexicon: list of concepts, coverage by family Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	430
Appendix 3b: Lexical data Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	433
Appendix 3c: Lexical data: statistics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	695
Appendix 3d: Lexicon: Source language data, flow map Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	703
Appendix 4a: Language consultants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	705
Appendix 4b: Literary sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	707
Appendix 4c: Geographical sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	719
Map Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	720
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	723

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Scholars and with an Interest in Linguistics, Anthropology, Culture Research, Human Ecology, Archaeology, History, Prehistory
Pages
- Front matter: 32
- Main content: 728
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 150
- Other: Ca. 150 Ktn.
Keywords: Historical Linguistics; Language and Culture; Typology; Lexicon

eBook

Published: September 23, 2019
ISBN: 9783110367416

Hardcover

Published: September 23, 2019
ISBN: 9783110373073