2. Theoretical backdrop: words, things, and humans in their environment

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contributors vii
4. Funding and support viii
5. Abbreviations ix
6. Orthographic conventions for Caucasian languages xiv
7. Overview of conventions xv
8. Overview of tables xvii
9. Overview of figures xix
10. Overview of maps xxiii
11. Overview of appendices xxvii
12. Contents xxix
13. 1. Introduction 1
14. 2. Theoretical backdrop: words, things, and humans in their environment 14
15. 3. Language: classification, reconstruction, and principles of change 17
16. 4. Description of the database Diachronic Atlas of Comparative Linguistics 23
17. 5. Atlas: Grammar 27
18. 6. Atlas: Lexicon 179
19. 7. Concluding chapter: an integrated view of the linguistic and cultural histories of Eurasia 378
20. Literature 387
21. Appendix 1: Languages of the current atlas 401
22. Appendix 2a: Grammar: Features, complete list (from DiACL) 405
23. Appendix 2b: Grammar: State combinations 411
24. Appendix 2c: Grammar: State combinations in languages 414
25. Appendix 2d: Grammar: Solutions 1–10 by Structure 426
26. Appendix 3a: Lexicon: list of concepts, coverage by family 430
27. Appendix 3b: Lexical data 433
28. Appendix 3c: Lexical data: statistics 695
29. Appendix 3d: Lexicon: Source language data, flow map 703
30. Appendix 4a: Language consultants 705
31. Appendix 4b: Literary sources 707
32. Appendix 4c: Geographical sources 719
33. Map Credits 720
34. Index 723