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Date: 06-Sep-2006
From: Julia Ulrich < julia.ulrich at degruyter.com >
Subject: A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir: Nikolaeva 

	
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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:54:38
From: Julia Ulrich < julia.ulrich at degruyter.com >
Subject: A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir: Nikolaeva 
 



Title: A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir 
Series Title: Trends in Linguistics. Documentation 25  

Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
	   http://www.mouton-publishers.com
	

Book URL: http://www.degruyter.com/rs/bookSingle.cfm?id=IS-3110186896-1&l=E 


Author: Irina Nikolaeva, University of Oxford

Hardback: ISBN: 3110186896 Pages: 500 Price: Europe EURO 198.00 Comment: for USA, Mexico, Canada US$ 267.30


Abstract:

The Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir has two main purposes:
First, it is 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 provides 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. 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Language Description

Subject Language(s): Yukaghir, Northern (ykg)
                     Yukaghir, Southern (yux)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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