27.1622, Books: Comparative Nivkh Dictionary: Fortescue
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Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 10:34:39
From: Ulrich Lueders [lincom.europa at t-online.de]
Subject: Comparative Nivkh Dictionary: Fortescue
Title: Comparative Nivkh Dictionary
Series Title: Languages of the World/Dictionaries 62
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
http://www.lincom-shop.eu
Book URL: http://bit.ly/1qvK0HQ
Author: Michael Fortescue
Hardback: ISBN: 9783862886876 Pages: 199 Price: Europe EURO 148.00
Abstract:
This dictionary undertakes to reconstruct the lexis and morphology of the
Nivkh proto-language by marshaling and organizing all the data available in
published form on the contemporary dialects. It builds upon a considerable
body of descriptive and comparative work carried out by scholars who have
worked with this typologically unique “Paleosiberian” isolate in the past.
Although the time depth between the four “dialects” of Nivkh is relatively
shallow, the complex morphophonemics of the language allows for quite deep
internal reconstruction. Moreover, the differences between the dialects is
considerable. Mutual understanding between speakers of the Amur dialect and
the East Sakhalin one is low, and still lower between the Amur and the South
Sakhalin dialects, all three of which may in fact be regarded as separate
languages. The relationship of Nivkh to anything else either in Asia or the
New World is a subject of continuing interest to both linguists and
anthropologists. The dictionary does not address this question directly.
Reconstructing the proto-language is an essential step, however, to any
further comparative work – in particular to sorting out the relationship
between Nivkh and the other “Paleosiberian” languages.
Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
Genetic Classification
Historical Linguistics
Lexicography
Subject Language(s): Gilyak (niv)
Written In: English (eng)
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