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The classification of the Transeurasian languages [PDF]
, 2020 Even if the hypothesis of Transeurasian affiliation is gradually gaining acceptance, supporters do not coincide on the internal structure of the family. Over the last century, a range of different classifications has been proposed. While these proposals show some remarkable overlap, the position of the Tungusic branch in the family tree remains a ...
Martine Robbeets, Robbeets Martine
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Basic vocabulary in the Transeurasian languages [PDF]
, 2020 This chapter addresses one of the major objections raised against the genealogical relationship of the Transeurasian languages, notably the paucity of basic vocabulary in both quantity and quality. In contrast to the frequently uttered concern that the Transeurasian languages do not have enough basic vocabulary in common, it shows that there are 93 ...
Martine Robbeets, Robbeets Martine
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Tracking the origin of Transeurasian languages
Nature, 2021A triangulation of linguistic, archaeological and genetic data suggests that the Transeurasian language family originated in a population of grain farmers in China around 9,000 years ago, and that agriculture underpinned its spread. The origin of these languages traces back to grain farmers in China.
Peter Bellwood, Bellwood Peter
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The typological heritage of the Transeurasian languages [PDF]
, 2020 This chapter addresses the question of whether some structural features shared by the Transeurasian languages can be explained by inheritance. For this purpose, first 20 structural features shared by the Transeurasian languages that are shared to a lesser extent by neighboring non-Transeurasian languages are established.
Martine Robbeets, Robbeets Martine
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The Oxford Guide to the Transeurasian Languages
2020The Oxford Guide to the Transeurasian Languages provides a comprehensive account of the Transeurasian languages, and is the first major reference work in the field since 1965. The term 'Transeurasian' refers to a large group of geographically adjacent languages that includes five uncontroversial linguistic families: Japonic, Koreanic, Tungusic ...
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The homelands of the individual Transeurasian proto-languages [PDF]
, 2020 This chapter is an attempt to identify the individual homelands of the five families making up the Transeurasian grouping, i.e. the Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and Japonic families. Combining various linguistic methods and principles such as the diversity hotspot principle, Bayesian phylolinguistics, cultural reconstruction (“linguistic ...
Martine Robbeets +2 more
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Complex constructions in the Transeurasian languages
2020The chapter deals with complex constructions in the Transeurasian languages, including complement, relative, and adverbial clauses, as well as paratactic constructions. The dominant strategy of expressing subordinate clauses across the Transeurasian language families is the “deranking” strategy relying on nonfinite forms such as participles and ...
Andrej Malchukov, Patryk Czerwinski
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Verbal categories in the Transeurasian languages
2020The aims of this chapter are twofold. On the one hand, an analytic survey of the verbal categories across the Transeurasian language families, coached in general typological terms for better comparison. On the other hand, a selective discussion of the verbal domain, focusing on convergent developments across the individual families.
Andrej Malchukov, Patryk Czerwinski
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Numerals in the Transeurasian languages
2020This chapter presents all relevant forms of the cardinal numerals 1‒10, 20‒90, 100, and sometimes also teens and ordinals, in all described Transeurasian languages. Besides all modern languages, where maximum accuracy in transcription is preferred, the old literary and epigraphic languages (Orkhon Runic, Old Uyghur, Karakhanid, Old Oghuz, Chaghatai ...
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Typological profile of the Transeurasian languages from a quantitative perspective
2020This chapter provides an overview of the typological features of the Transeurasian (Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Japonic, Koreanic) languages, including brief descriptions of the phonology and morphosyntax of these languages. Through the application of phylogenetic comparative methods, a set of structural features with a high phylogenetic signal is ...
Nataliia Hubler
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