Patterns of plural formation in Kott nouns and adjectives

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Editor’s foreword vii
4. I. The languages of Central Siberia
5. Introduction and overview 1
6. II. Yeniseic linguistics
7. Yeniseic counting systems 121
8. Patterns of plural formation in Kott nouns and adjectives 129
9. On distinguishing loanwords from the original Proto-Yeniseic lexicon 135
10. Incorporation and word formation in Ket 143
11. III. Selkup linguistics
12. Morphological reanalysis in the Selkup verb 151
13. Synonymy, allomorphy, and free variation in Selkup derivational suffixes 157
14. The Selkup worldview as reflected in basic number words 161
15. Selkup-Ket parallels in ritual and spiritual terminology 169
16. IV. South Siberian Turkic linguistics
17. Shaman and bear 179
18. South Siberian sound symbolism 199
19. Linguistic reflections of Xakas ethnohistory 215
20. V. Archeological perspectives on Central Siberian language groups
21. Cultural origins of the taiga-dwelling peoples of the Middle Yenisei 235
22. Sunken earth dwellings as evidence of a Paleoasiatic substrate among the Ket 249
23. Prehistoric cultural links along the Yenisei 257
24. Index 265