15 Nominal inflection in the languages of Northern Asia
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Stefan Georg
Abstract
This chapter illustrates the major morphological categories of the (substantive) noun in the families of Northern Asia (Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic - or “core Altaic” for observers who view these as genealogically related); Uralic, represented by its Asian branches Ob’-Ugric and Samoyed; the “Palaeoasiatic” groups Yeniseian, Yukaghir, Nivkh/ Amuric, Chukchi-Kamchatkan, and Eskaleut, represented by Siberian Yupik and Aleut; as well as Japanese/Ryukyuan, Korean, and Ainu from the North of East Asia. The discussion focuses on the categories of case, number, and possession, and highlights typological constants of this area (many of which are also typical for some adjacent macro-regions of Eurasia), as well as areally more unusual phenomena, as for example the system of noun-classes in Ket, reflexive possession in Mongolic, focus marking in Yukaghir, prefixal possessive marking in Ket and Nivkh, or ergativity in Chukchi-Koryak and Eskimo-Aleut.
Abstract
This chapter illustrates the major morphological categories of the (substantive) noun in the families of Northern Asia (Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic - or “core Altaic” for observers who view these as genealogically related); Uralic, represented by its Asian branches Ob’-Ugric and Samoyed; the “Palaeoasiatic” groups Yeniseian, Yukaghir, Nivkh/ Amuric, Chukchi-Kamchatkan, and Eskaleut, represented by Siberian Yupik and Aleut; as well as Japanese/Ryukyuan, Korean, and Ainu from the North of East Asia. The discussion focuses on the categories of case, number, and possession, and highlights typological constants of this area (many of which are also typical for some adjacent macro-regions of Eurasia), as well as areally more unusual phenomena, as for example the system of noun-classes in Ket, reflexive possession in Mongolic, focus marking in Yukaghir, prefixal possessive marking in Ket and Nivkh, or ergativity in Chukchi-Koryak and Eskimo-Aleut.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Table of contents V
- List of Contributors IX
- Introduction XI
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Volume 2
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III Typology and morphosyntax
- 13 Northern Asia as a linguistic area 739
- 14 Vowel harmony in languages of northern Asia 767
- 15 Nominal inflection in the languages of Northern Asia 809
- 16 Verb indexing (“agreement”) in languages of northern Asia 869
- 17 The verb in Northeastern Turkic 919
- 18 Evidentiality in Northern Asia 1007
- 19 Complex predicates in North Asian languages 1065
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IV Socio-historical perspectives
- 20 Unclassified and poorly attested languages of Early Inner Asia 1123
- 21 Pidgins, creoles, and mixed languages in Northern Asia 1157
- 22 Language contact in northern Asia 1175
- 23 Language loss and endangerment in northern Asia 1211
- General Index 1233
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Table of contents V
- List of Contributors IX
- Introduction XI
-
Volume 2
-
III Typology and morphosyntax
- 13 Northern Asia as a linguistic area 739
- 14 Vowel harmony in languages of northern Asia 767
- 15 Nominal inflection in the languages of Northern Asia 809
- 16 Verb indexing (“agreement”) in languages of northern Asia 869
- 17 The verb in Northeastern Turkic 919
- 18 Evidentiality in Northern Asia 1007
- 19 Complex predicates in North Asian languages 1065
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IV Socio-historical perspectives
- 20 Unclassified and poorly attested languages of Early Inner Asia 1123
- 21 Pidgins, creoles, and mixed languages in Northern Asia 1157
- 22 Language contact in northern Asia 1175
- 23 Language loss and endangerment in northern Asia 1211
- General Index 1233
