Rövid leírás:

The Tungusic Languages is a survey of Tungusic, a language family which is seriously endangered today, but which at the time of its maximum spread was present all over Northeast Asia.

Hosszú leírás:

The Tungusic Languages is a survey of Tungusic, a language family which is seriously endangered today, but which at the time of its maximum spread was present all over Northeast Asia.

This volume offers a systematic succession of separate chapters on all the individual Tungusic languages, as well as a number of additional chapters containing contextual information on the language family as a whole, its background and current state, as well as its history of research and documentation. Manchu and its mediaeval ancestor Jurchen are important historical literary languages discussed in this volume, while the other Tungusic languages, around a dozen altogether, have always been spoken by small, local, though in some cases territorially widespread, populations engaged in traditional subsistence activities of the Eurasian taiga and steppe zones and the North Pacific coast.

All contributors to this volume are well-known specialists on their specific topics, and, importantly, all the authors of the chapters dealing with modern languages have personal experience of linguistic field work among Tungusic speakers.

This volume will be informative for scholars and students specialising in the languages and peoples of Northeast Asia, and will also be of interest to those engaged with linguistic typology, cultural anthropology, and ethnic history who wish to obtain information on the Tungusic languages.

Tartalomjegyzék:

List of tables

List of contributors

Preface and acknowledgements

Technical notes

List of abbreviations

Chart of the Manchu script

Language map

1. Tungusic as a language family

Data and sources

Internal taxonomy

Typological profile

Grammatical framework

References and further reading

2. Early Far Eastern sources on Tungusic

Chinese sources

Japanese sources

Korean sources

References and further reading

3. Early Western sources on Tungusic

Types of sources

Eighteenth century

Nineteenth century

References and further reading

4. Proto-Tungusic

Data and sources

Vowel system

Vowel harmony

Consonant system

Morpheme structure

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Verbal stems

Verbal forms

Syntax

Lexical structure

References and further reading

5. Jurchen

Data and sources

Notational conventions

The writing system

Origin of the Jurchen script

Segmental structure

Nominal forms

Numerals

Pronouns

Verbal forms

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

6. Written Manchu

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Participles

Converbs

Complex verbal forms

Imperatives

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

List of primary sources

References and further reading

7. Siberian Ewenki

Taxonomic status

Dialectal division

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Verbal forms

Verbal functions

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

8. Orochen

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Adjectives

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Other word classes

Verbal morphology

Participles

Imperatives

Other modal forms

Converbs

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

9. Solon

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Verbal morphology

Participles

Imperatives

Converbs

Phrase structure

Sentence types

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

10. Neghidal

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Verbal morphology

Participles

Finite tense and aspect

Imperatives

Other modal forms

Converbs

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

11. Ewen

Dialectal division

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word structure and word classes

Word formation

Number and case

Adjectives

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Other word classes

Verbal morphology

Participles

Finite tense and mood

Converbs

Phrase structure

Sentence types

Passive and causative

Complex sentences

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

12. Oroch

Taxonomic status

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Other word classes

Verbal morphology

Voice and aspect

Participles

Imperatives

Other modal forms

Converbs

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

13. Udihe

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Adjectives

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Other word classes

Verbal morphology

Voice and aspect

Participles

Finite tense and mood

Converbs

Complex predicates

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

14. Nanai

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Adjectives

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Other word classes

Verbal morphology

Voice and aspect

Participles

Finite indicative forms

Imperatives

Other modal forms

Converbs

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

15. Ulcha

Taxonomic status

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Adjectives

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Other word classes

Verbal morphology

Voice and aspect

Participles

Finite indicative forms

Imperatives

Other modal forms

Converbs

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

16. Uilta

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Verbal morphology

Participles

Finite indicative forms

Imperatives

Converbs

Phrase structure

Sentence types

Complex sentences

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

17. Spoken Manchu

Dialectal division

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Verbal forms

Complex predicates

Sentence types

Complex sentences

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

18. Sibe

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Verbal forms

Complex predicates

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

19. Sociolinguistic aspects of Tungusic

Demographic background

Legislational status

Data and sources

Ewenki as a supraregional language

Ewen in northeastern Siberia

Amur-Sakhalin region

Tungusic languages in education

Tungusic languages in public spheres

Future prospects

References and further reading

20. Tungusic in time and place

Data and sources

External relationships

Areal position

Protohistorical setting

Stages of expansion

Sic transit gloria

References and further reading