Edward J. Vajda

Yeniseian Peoples and Languages

A History of Yeniseian Studies with an Annotated Bibliography and a Source Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Kets of Central Siberia are perhaps the most enigmatic of Siberia's aboriginal tribes. Today numbering barely 1,100 souls living in several small villages on the middle reaches of the Yenisei, the Kets have retained much of their ancient culture, as well as their unique language. Genetic studies of the Ket hint at an ancient affinity with Tibetans, Burmese, and other peoples of peoples of South East Asia not shared by any other Siberian people. The Ket language, which is unrelated to any other living Siberian tongue, also appears to be a relic of a bygone linguistic landscape of Inner Asia. Because language isolates such as Ket are of special value to scholars of the original peopling of the continents, linguists have recently attempted to link Ket with North Caucasian, Sino- Tibetan, Burushaski, Basque and Na Dene. None of these links have been proved to the satisfaction of all linguists, and the research continues both in Russia and abroad.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 641g
• ISBN-13: 9781138862401
• ISBN-10: 1138862401
• Artikelnr.: 42834261

Autorenporträt

Edward J. Vajda

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 THE HISTORY OF YENISEIAN STUDIES
Part 2 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS
Part 3 GUIDE TO UNPUBLISHED SOURCES
Chapter 1 DISSERTATIONS
Chapter 2 ARCHIVES
Chapter 3 OTHER UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS
Chapter 4 MUSEUM COLLECTIONS (INCLUDING ARCHIVES)
Chapter 5 INTERNET RESOURCES
Part 4 CLASSIFIED INDEX
Chapter 6 YENISEIAN LANGUAGES, GENERAL INFORMATION
Chapter 7 Historical linguistics
Chapter 8 Extinct Yeniseian languages
Chapter 9 Typology
Chapter 10 Structure of modern (Imbat) Ket
Chapter 11 YENISEIAN PEOPLES (ETHNOGRAPHY, HISTORY, DEMOGRAPHICS, ETC.)
Chapter 12 General information
Chapter 13 Early (pre-1865) sources on Yeniseian peoples
Chapter 14 Demographics
Chapter 15 Physical anthropology, genetics
Chapter 16 Origins, links with prehistoric cultures and peoples
Chapter 17 Yeniseian interaction with other Asian peoples
Chapter 18 History of Yeniseian-Russian interaction
Chapter 19 Native rights
Chapter 20 Ket ethnography, general
Chapter 21 Fictional works depicting Yeniseian peoples or cultures
Chapter 22 Maps
Chapter 23 Drawings or photographs showing Kets or Ket culture
Chapter 24 DATA ON YENISEIAN STUDIES
Chapter 25 History of scholarship
Chapter 26 Bibliographies
Chapter 27 Biographic information on scholars (including articles in the popular press)
Chapter 28 Published travel notes or data on expeditions
Chapter 29 Descriptions of archival sources or articles using extensive archival materials
Chapter 30 Descriptions of museum collections