16.3284, Books: Language Description, Darkhat: G áspár

[LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List: Vol-16-3284. Tue Nov 15 2005. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 16.3284, Books: Language Description, Darkhat: Gáspár

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Wayne State U <aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org>
 
Reviews (reviews at linguistlist.org) 
        Sheila Dooley, U of Arizona  
        Terry Langendoen, U of Arizona  

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/

The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, Wayne
State University, and donations from subscribers and publishers.

Editor for this issue: Megan Zdrojkowski <megan at linguistlist.org>
================================================================  

Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers
are available at the end of this issue. 


===========================Directory==============================  

1)
Date: 14-Nov-2005
From: Ulrich Lueders < lincom.europa at t-online.de >
Subject: Darkhat: Gáspár 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:06:55
From: Ulrich Lueders < lincom.europa at t-online.de >
Subject: Darkhat: Gáspár 
 



Title: Darkhat 
Series Title: Languages of the World/Materials 419  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom.at
	
Author: Csaba Gáspár, ELTE University (Budapest)

Paperback: ISBN: 3895866962 Pages: 60 Price: Europe EURO 33.00
Paperback: ISBN: 3895866962 Pages: 60 Price: U.S. $ 43.56
Paperback: ISBN: 3895866962 Pages: 60 Price: U.K. £ 22.76


Abstract:

Darkhats live in Khöwsgöl, the northernmost county of Mongolia, in the
districts of Rinchenlkhümbe, Ulaan Uul, Bayandzürkh. Their origin has not
been cleared so far; it is not even to be easily decided whether they are
descendants of Turks or Mongols. It seems very likely by all means that
they were living together with tribes of Turkic origin; this can be
inferred from several linguistic phenomena. Since they have been nomadising
quite isolated in the high mountains far from the centre, traditional
culture and shamanism could survive among them.

Darkhat is considered as a dialect of the Khalkha, but bears the features
of the Oirat, Buryat and Khalkha, as well. It resembles Oirat for the
labial attraction, both the Oirat and Buryat concerning the affixation and
verbal inflexions, and its vocabulary contains numerous typical Oirat
words, too. G. Sanzheyev, one of the few linguists who has given an outline
of Darkhats' language, said, "[...]Darkhat can be regarded as a modern form
of Oirat."

Peculiar distinguishing features of Darkhat are its peculiar intonation,
tune, some phonetic and morphological properties, and its special
vocabulary. The author's object is to give a comprehensive description of
Darkhat dialect, using the results of earlier researches as well as the
newest materials collected on the expeditions of the Inner Asian Department
of ELTE University Budapest since 1991 up to now. 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Description

Subject Language(s): Darkhat (drh)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=17251


MAJOR SUPPORTERS

	Blackwell Publishing          
		http://www.blackwellpublishing.com	

	Cambridge University Press          
		http://us.cambridge.org	

	Cascadilla Press          
		http://www.cascadilla.com/	

	Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd          
		http://www.continuumbooks.com	

	Edinburgh University Press          
		http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/	

	Elsevier Ltd.          
		http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics	

	Equinox Publishing Ltd.          
		http://www.equinoxpub.com/	

	Georgetown University Press          
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu	

	Hodder Arnold          
		http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk	

	John Benjamins          
		http://www.benjamins.com/	

	Lawrence Erlbaum Associates          
		http://www.erlbaum.com/	

	Lincom GmbH          
		http://www.lincom.at	

	MIT Press          
		http://mitpress.mit.edu/	

	Mouton de Gruyter          
		http://www.mouton-publishers.com	

	Oxford University Press          
		http://www.oup.com/us	

	Rodopi          
		http://www.rodopi.nl/	

	Routledge (Taylor and Francis)          
		http://www.routledge.com/	

	Springer          
		http://www.springeronline.com	

OTHER SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS	

	Anthropological Linguistics
		http://www.indiana.edu/~anthling/ 

	CSLI Publications
		http://cslipublications.stanford.edu/ 

	Graduate Linguistic Students' Assoc.   Umass
		http://glsa.hypermart.net/ 

	International Pragmatics Assoc.
		http://ipra-www.uia.ac.be/ipra/ 

	Kingston Press Ltd
		http://www.kingstonpress.com/ 

	MIT Working Papers in Linguistics
		http://web.mit.edu/mitwpl/ 

	Multilingual Matters
		http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ 

	Pacific Linguistics
		http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ 

	Palgrave Macmillan
		http://www.palgrave.com 

	SIL International
		http://www.ethnologue.com/bookstore.asp 

	St. Jerome Publishing Ltd.
		http://www.stjerome.co.uk 

	Utrecht Institute of Linguistics / LOT Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistic
		http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/ 
	



-----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-16-3284