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A landmark survey of Turkic by a leading expert, covering structural, functional, historical, sociolinguistic, and literary aspects.
List of contents
1. Introduction; 2. Technicalities; 3. The Turkic language family; 4. Turcia, the Turkic world; 5. Status; 6. Historical backgrounds; 7. Cultures; 8. Linguistic periodizations; 9. Registers of orature and literature; 10. Language contacts; 11. Lexicon; 12. Sound types; 13. Prime syllables; 14. Phonemes in prime syllables; 15. Polysyllabic word forms; 16. Diachronic phonology; 17. Diachrony: vowels; 18. Diachrony: consonants; 19. Writing systems; 20. Morphology: generalities; 21. Nominals: nouns; 22. Nominals: noun inflection; 23. Nominals: adjectives; 24. Nominals: pronominals; 25. Quantifiers and numerals; 26. Postpositions; 27. Copular devices; 28. Verb stems; 29. Postverbial constructions; 30. Finite verbals; 31. Verbals: viewpoint aspect; 32. Old intraterminals: aorists; 33. Focal intraterminals; 34. Postterminals; 35. Terminals; 36. Imperatives; 37. Modality; 38. Voluntatives; 39. Optatives; 40. Hypotheticals; 41. Further modals; 42. Copular particles of thematic bases; 43. Non-finite verbals; 44. Participant nominals; 45. Action nominals; 46. Converbs; 47. Adverbs; 48. Function words; 49. Interjections; 50. Word accents; 51. Syntactic levels; 52. Nominal phrases; 53. Verbal phrases; 54. Main clauses; 55. Non-main clauses; 56. Sentences; 57. Above the sentence level; 58. Prosody; 59. Functional synopses.
About the author
Lars Johanson has published on descriptive and historical linguistics, especially pioneering contributions on aspect-mood-tense, language contacts, and typology. He is instrumental in transforming Turcology into a linguistic discipline. He edits the journal Turkic Languages and the monograph series Turcologica.
Summary
Written by a world-leading Turcologist, this landmark volume provides a comprehensive overview of the Turkic language family. It covers the history and cultures of the speakers, structures, and use of a vast range of languages, making it essential reading for scholars and students in linguistics and Turkic studies.
