Manchu Linguistics
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This paper concentrates on those maxims of Manchu language which deal with education and learning, and shows the attitude of Manchu people towards these aspects. Therefore, the article is an attempt to show how the Manchus perceived... more
The publications of and opened a new round in the discussion about the subclassification of the Tungusic language family. In this paper it is argued that both appproaches, though full of fresh and important insights, may not replace the... more
This is the seventh addendum to my manifesto "Rapid Progress in the Genetic Classification of the World’s Languages ". It contains a list of almost 200 useful books I've collected about the world's Language families. It is obviously not... more
VOVIN, Alexander. 2014. Borrowing of verbal roots across language family boundaries in the 'Altaic' world. Altai Hakpo 24. 151-161. The Altaic Society of Korea.
(Unpublished manuscript.)
Hauer, Erich: Handwörterbuch der Mandschusprache, 2., durchgesehene und erweiterte Auflage, herausgegeben von Oliver Corff, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2007XV, 536 pp. Hauers Wörterbuch, zuerst 1952-1955 in drei Lieferungen veröffentlicht,... more
This paper analyzes a variety of languages with regard to vowel alternation patterns in their disyllabic sound symbolic reduplicatives (DSRs). The analysis reveals that (1) a number of different languages have their preferred patterns of... more
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This is more than twenty years old publication. All what I say about Altaic there should not be taken seriously.
The aim of this article is to reveal a numeral egun(ehun) 'hundred' in Basque with a lexicalized numeral*gu 'two', compared to logarithmic mind where lg(100) = 2.
Dies ist der zweite Band der Proceedings der bonner Tungusologiekonferenz (Band I: Naeher/Stary/Weiers 2002) des Jahres 2000, an die alle damaligen Teilnehmer sicherlich mit ganz besonderen Erinnerungen zurückdenken dürften. War der erste... more
with the collaboration of Hung Chin-fu): Introduction to Altaic Philology. Turkic, Mongolian, Manchu. Leiden/Boston (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section Eight: Central Asia, 20), 2010, XX, 446 pp., 73 Tafeln.