Languages and prehistory of central Siberia : [Papers brought together in honor of Andreas Dulson

The twelve articles in this volume describe Yeniseic, Samoyedic and Siberian Turkic languages as a linguistic complex of great interest to typologists, grammarians, diachronic and synchronic linguists, as well as cultural anthropologists. The articles demonstrate how interdependent the disparate languages spoken in this area actually are. Individual articles discuss borrowing and language replacement, as well as compare the development of language subsystems, such as numeral words in Ket and Selkup. Three of the articles also discuss the historical and anthropological origins of the tribes of this area. The book deals with linguistics from the vantage of both historical anthropology as well as diachronic and synchronic linguistic structure. The editor's introduction offers a concise summary of the diverse languages of this area, with attention to both their differences and similarities. A major feature uniting them is their mutual interaction with the unique Yeniseic language family – the only group in North Asia outside the Pacific Rim that does not belong to Uralic or Altaic. Except for the papers by Anderson and Harrison, all of the articles were originally written in Russian and they are made available in English here for the first time. The Languages Of Central Siberia: Introduction And Overview / Gregory D. S. Anderson -- Yeniseic Counting Systems / Heinrich Werner -- Patterns Of Plural Formation In Kott Nouns And Adjectives / T. I. Porotova -- On Distinguishing Loanwords From The Original Proto-yeniseic Lexicon / L. G. Timonina -- Incorporation And Word Formation In Ket / Z. V. Maksunova -- Morphological Reanalysis In The Selkup Verb / N. G. Kuznetsova -- Synonymy, Allomorphy, And Free Variation In Selkup Derivational Suffixes / E. V. Zyrjanova -- The Selkup Worldview As Reflected In Basic Number Words / V. V. Bykonja -- Shared Selkup-ket Terminology In Ritual And Spiritual Terminology / A. A. Kim-maloney -- Shaman And Bear: Siberian Prehistory In Two Middle Chulym Texts / Gregory D. S. Anderson And K. David Harrison -- South Siberian And Sound Symbolism / K. David Harrison -- Linguistic Reflections Of Xakas Ethnohistory / V. J. Butanaev -- Cultural Origins Of The Taiga-dwelling Peoples Of The Middle Yenisei / N. P. Makarov And M. S. Batashev -- A Paleoasiatic Substrate Among The Ket: Evidence From Sunken Dwellings / A. V. Razinkin -- Prehistoric Cultural Links Along The Yenisei: Revelations From A Bronze Idol / R. V. Nikolaev. Edited By Edward J. Vajda. Papers Brought Together In Honor Of Andreas Dulson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.