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Salar: A Study in Inner Asian Language Contact Processes: Part I: Phonology: 37 (Turcologica,) - Softcover

Dwyer, Arienne M

 
9783447040914: Salar: A Study in Inner Asian Language Contact Processes: Part I: Phonology: 37 (Turcologica,)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3447040912 ISBN 13: 9783447040914
Publisher: Harrassowitz, 2007

Synopsis

This is a detailed fieldwork-based study of Salar, a mixed, unwritten language of Turkic origin spoken in Northwestern China. Due to its geographic isolation it has become an important object of research for language contact and creolization, since both its dialects have diverged sharply under the influence of Sino-Tibetan and other Turkic languages, incorporating many Chinese and Tibetan elements. The work emphasizes diachrony, and contains an overview of the origins and history of the Salars and their language. The phonemic inventory, synchronic and diachronic phonology, syllable structure, and areal features (obstruent voicing and consonantal preaspiration) are presented and analyzed.

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Publisher
Harrassowitz
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3447040912
ISBN 13 
9783447040914
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
336