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New, fully updated edition written by international experts and
incorporating the latest research in Turkic studies Three
completely new chapters on West Old Turkic, Transeurasian and
Gagauz languages Fresh coverage of different dialects of Turkish
and the state of Turkic in various countries and regions Improved
opening map and updated and new figures Easy reference appendix
with integration of new scripts such as Azeri and Turkmen New
section on linguistic terms and definitions keeps students up to
date and linguistically informed
Turkic languages present particularly rich sources of data for the
study of language contact, given the number and diversity of
languages with which they have been in contact. Many common, false
generalisations are laid bare and the methodology used in
evaluating particular instances of language contact can also be
used with profit by students of languages other than the Turkic.
Translated by: Vanessa Karam
The series is a platform for contributions of all kinds to this
rapidly developing field. General problems are studied from the
perspective of individual languages, language families, language
groups, or language samples. Conclusions are the result of a
deepened study of empirical data. Special emphasis is given to
little-known languages, whose analysis may shed new light on
long-standing problems in general linguistics.
This volume is a collection of articles dealing with the linguistic
category of possession and its expression in languages spoken in
Europe and North and Central Asia (Uralic, Turkic, Indo-European
and Caucasian), with a few excursions into other parts of the
world. Some papers engage in typological comparisons, both within
and beyond the borders of individual language families focusing on
issues of motivation; meaning and forms used in expressing
possession; typology of belong constructions; marking possession in
possessor chains; non-canonical possessives and their relation to
the category of familiarity; metaphoric shifts of possessive
semantics. Others focus on possession in individual languages,
offering new precious pieces of information on the linguistic
expression of possession in lesser known languages, some of which
are endangered and even unwritten. The volume will be of interest
to both general linguists and typologists as well as to
experts/students of the individual languages or language families
analyzed in the papers.
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