Chapter 14. Ural-Altaic
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Juha A. Janhunen
Abstract
The paper reviews the data concerning the nominal inflectional morphology in the chain of languages comprising Uralic, Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic and Japonic, collectively termed “Ural-Altaic”. Although nominal morphology has traditionally been quoted in support of the hypothesis concerning the genetic relationship of these languages, a more detailed survey of the data shows that the extant parallels are in various ways secondary and/or accidental. This suggests that Ural-Altaic is an areal and typological complex of languages, but not a genetic entity. On the other hand, it is also evident that much of the synchronically observed nominal morphology in the languages of this complex is relatively recent. The only examples of potentially relevant inter-family morphological parallels can be found between Mongolic and Tungusic.
Abstract
The paper reviews the data concerning the nominal inflectional morphology in the chain of languages comprising Uralic, Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic and Japonic, collectively termed “Ural-Altaic”. Although nominal morphology has traditionally been quoted in support of the hypothesis concerning the genetic relationship of these languages, a more detailed survey of the data shows that the extant parallels are in various ways secondary and/or accidental. This suggests that Ural-Altaic is an areal and typological complex of languages, but not a genetic entity. On the other hand, it is also evident that much of the synchronically observed nominal morphology in the languages of this complex is relatively recent. The only examples of potentially relevant inter-family morphological parallels can be found between Mongolic and Tungusic.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of tables ix
- List of figures xv
- List of contributors xvii
- Acknowledgements xix
- Chapter 1. When paradigms change 1
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Part I. Paradigm change
- Chapter 2. On the strength of morphological paradigms 23
- Chapter 3. Derivational paradigms in diachrony and comparison 61
- Chapter 4. On arguing from diachrony for paradigms 89
- Chapter 5. Reconstructing the Niger-Congo Verb Extension Paradigm 103
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Part II. The continuation of paradigms
- Chapter 6. Perceived formal and functional equivalence 129
- Chapter 7. Comparative consequences of the tongue root harmony analysis for proto-Tungusic, proto-Mongolic, and proto-Korean 141
- Chapter 8. Old Japanese bigrade paradigms and Korean passives and causatives 177
- Chapter 9. The Japanese inflectional paradigm in a Transeurasian perspective 197
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Part III. The innovation of paradigms
- Chapter 10. A Yakut copy of a Tungusic viewpoint aspect paradigm 235
- Chapter 11. Amdo Altaic directives and comparatives based on the verb ‘to see’ 243
- Chapter 12. Innovations and archaisms in Siberian Turkic spatial case paradigms 257
- Chapter 13. Paradigm copying in Tungusic 287
- Chapter 14. Ural-Altaic 311
- Language index 337
- Subject index 343
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of tables ix
- List of figures xv
- List of contributors xvii
- Acknowledgements xix
- Chapter 1. When paradigms change 1
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Part I. Paradigm change
- Chapter 2. On the strength of morphological paradigms 23
- Chapter 3. Derivational paradigms in diachrony and comparison 61
- Chapter 4. On arguing from diachrony for paradigms 89
- Chapter 5. Reconstructing the Niger-Congo Verb Extension Paradigm 103
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Part II. The continuation of paradigms
- Chapter 6. Perceived formal and functional equivalence 129
- Chapter 7. Comparative consequences of the tongue root harmony analysis for proto-Tungusic, proto-Mongolic, and proto-Korean 141
- Chapter 8. Old Japanese bigrade paradigms and Korean passives and causatives 177
- Chapter 9. The Japanese inflectional paradigm in a Transeurasian perspective 197
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Part III. The innovation of paradigms
- Chapter 10. A Yakut copy of a Tungusic viewpoint aspect paradigm 235
- Chapter 11. Amdo Altaic directives and comparatives based on the verb ‘to see’ 243
- Chapter 12. Innovations and archaisms in Siberian Turkic spatial case paradigms 257
- Chapter 13. Paradigm copying in Tungusic 287
- Chapter 14. Ural-Altaic 311
- Language index 337
- Subject index 343
