A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir

Irina Nikolaeva

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2006

A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir

Irina Nikolaeva

Volume 25 in the series Trends in Linguistics. Documentation [TiLDOC]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110892840

Overview
Contents

About this book

The Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir has two main purposes.

First, it is intended as a relatively complete source of information on the lexicon of Yukaghir. Tundra and Kolyma Yukaghir are closely related, highly endangered languages spoken in the extreme North-East of Siberia. No modern comprehensive lexicographic description of these languages is available for the international linguistic community. The dictionary presents all known varieties of Yukaghir in comparative format. Some of the materials included come from published sources, others were obtained by the author through fieldwork and are published for the first time. The dictionary also contains examples of now extinct early forms of Yukaghir, which began to be recorded in the late 17th century.

Second, the dictionary provides a first reconstruction of the common ancestor of all known Yukaghir varieties. The proto-Yukaghir stems are established based on internal reconstruction, comparison between various Yukaghir idioms, and external data. Although the dictionary does not attempt to provide etymologies for all Yukaghir words, it includes possible cognates of some Yukaghir stems from other languages, mainly Uralic and Altaic.

Since Yukaghir forms are not only cited in their modern shape but are reconstructed, the dictionary will provide a foundation for future etymological work and contribute to investigating the genetic affiliation of Yukaghir, usually classified as isolated. The book will also be useful for linguists interested in the distant genetic relations between language families and the reconstruction of the ethnic and linguistic situation in prehistoric northern Asia.

Author information

Irina Nikolaeva is Research Fellow at Oxford University, UK.

Reviews

"This excellent work will be of use to anyone engaged in historical research in the nothern Pacific region."
Gregory D. S. Anderson in: Diachronica 3/2008

"[...] a highly valuable source of information, indispensable for any scholar of Yukaghir, at present or in future."
Elena Maslova in: Studies in Language 1/2008

"Nie zuvor ist irgendwo in einem auch nur annährend vergleichbaren Umfang jukagirisches Material aus allen jukagirischen Sprachen gegeben worden."
Michael Knüppel in: Orientalische Literaturzeitung 105 (2010) 4–5

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Introduction
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4. A reconstruction of Proto-Yukaghir phonology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
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Dictionary
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Teachers and Students of Historical Linguistics, of Eurasian, Uralic and Altaic languages; Students of Anthropology and the History of Russia; Organizations Dealing with Endangered Languages and Cultures; Research Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 500
Keywords: Siberia /language; dictionary; historical linguistics; language change

eBook

Published: December 22, 2011
ISBN: 9783110892840

Hardcover

Published: June 20, 2006
ISBN: 9783110186895