Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics

by Clauson,Gerard

• ISBN13: 9780415297721
• ISBN10: 0415297729
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-08
• Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

Summary

This book, now back in print having been unavailable for many years, is one of the most important contributions to Turkic and Mongolic linguistics, and to the contentious 'Altaic theory'. Proponents of the theory hold that Turkish is part of the Altaic family, and that Turkish accordingly exists in parallel with Mongolic and Tungusic-Manchu. Whatever the truth of this theory, Gerard Clauson's erudite and vigorously expressed views, based as they were on a remarkable knowledge of the lexicon of the Altaic languages and his outstanding work in the field of Turkish lexicography, continues to command respect and deserve attention.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Introduction	xix
The early history of the Turkish-speaking tribes	1	(32)
The evolution of the Turkish languages	33	(22)
The transcription of Turkish languages	55	(7)
The arrangement of words in a historical dictionary of Turkish	62	(5)
The evidence regarding the phonetic structure of pre-eighth century Turkish	67	(68)
The structure of the word in pre-eighth century Turkish	135	(5)
The suffixes in pre-eighth century Turkish	140	(20)
The reconstruction of the phonetic structure of pre-eighth century Turkish	160	(15)
The later history of the Uygur alphabet	175	(13)
The phonetic structure of pre-thirteenth century Mongolian	188	(23)
The relationship between Turkish and Mongolian	211	(37)
Epilogue	248	(8)
Addendum	256	(1)
Index	257