Results 41 to 50 of about 284 (150)

Nanai argument structure: Russian influence

open access: yesEesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2013
The paper investigates two classes of verbs in the Naikhin dialect of Nanai (Tungusic; spoken mostly in the Russian Far East) that demonstrate a certain instability with respect to their argument structure in a situation where there is contact with ...
Ksenia Shagal
doaj   +1 more source

Some Rare and Little-Known Military Terms from 17th-Century Mongol Chronicles Revisited

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2023
Goals. The study attempts etymological analyses of several rare military terms attested in 17th-century Mongol chronicles. The following terms are specifically touched upon in the article: aγuraγ ~ aγuruγ ‘base camp’, bayirildu- ‘to battle each other ...
Pavel O. Rykin
doaj   +1 more source

A typology of denominal verb formation strategies

open access: yesLanguage and Linguistics Compass, Volume 18, Issue 3, May/June 2024.
Abstract This article aims to fill a gap in the typological literature by discussing the typology of overt denominal verb formation strategies, that is, morphosyntactic strategies other than conversion/zero‐derivation that are used to derive a verb from a nominal base.
Simone Mattiola, Andrea Sansò
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative in Tungusic languages

open access: yesLanguages and Folklore of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia
The morphological marking of adjectival comparatives, although prevalent in European languages, is a crosslinguistically uncommon feature. Grammaticalization processes in comparative markers represent a typologically underexplored field of study. Similar to other linguistic areas, the majority of Siberian languages lack morphological comparative ...
V.Ju. Gusev, N.B. Aralova
openaire   +1 more source

Toponyms of the Manchu Literary Work - The Ode to Mukden Written by the Emperor

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article studies Manchu toponymy. The main emphasis is laid on the study of the toponyms mentioned in the 1743 Manchu literary work “Han-i araha Mukden-i fuǯurun bithe”, or The Ode to Mukden Written by the Emperor.
A. B. Lidzhiev
doaj   +1 more source

Phylogeographic analysis of Y-chromosomal haplogroup C2a-M48-F8472, a minor paternal lineage of Han populations with possible ancestry of Xiongnu

open access: yesAnnals of Human Biology
Background Y-chromosome haplogroup C2a-M48-F8472, a unique paternal line in the ancient Xiongnu population, is concentrated in the modern Han people. The most closely related lineage of this paternal lineage is mainly distributed in Tungusic-, Mongolic-,
Xian-Peng Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

To the results of the discussion about the folklore identity of the Kalmyk tale from “The Captain’s Daughter” by A.S. Pushkin

open access: yesНеофилология, 2020
The subject of the work is the Kalmyk fairy tale about the eagle and the raven, which is present in the story of A.S. Pushkin “The Captain’s Daughter” (1836). One group of scientists believes that this fairy tale-parable was composed by A.S.
A. A. Burykin
doaj   +1 more source

Tungusic languages – survey, classification and present state

open access: yesLinguistica Brunensia, 2013
The article presents survey and new demographic data of Tungusic languages with comparison of their classification models and practical bibliography.
Michal Schwarz, Václav Blažek
doaj  

Structural Phylogenetic Signal Fails at Deep Time: A Bayesian Treebank Analysis of the Transeurasian Languages

open access: yesEntropy
Quantitative phylogenetics in historical linguistics has relied almost entirely on lexical cognate data. This study asks a different question: how much genealogical signal can be recovered from structural features extracted from annotated corpora, and ...
Wenchao Li, Haitao Liu
doaj   +1 more source

Nonstandard Use of the “Reflexive” Affix -sja in Russian Speech of Bilingual Speakers of Northern Siberia and the Russian Far East

open access: yesLanguages, 2019
One of the features of the oral Russian speech of bilingual speakers of the indigenous languages of Russia is the omission/the overuse of the “reflexive” affix -sja (a “middle voice” marker with a wide range of uses including ...
Irina Khomchenkova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy