Yakut Manual

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7007-0821-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 410 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 780 g

Reihe: Uralic & Altaic

This is Volume 21 of 150 the Uralic and Altaic series covering the period of 1960 to 1990. focuses on providing a manual, area handbook of grammar, graded reader and glossary the language of 'Yahut'. The present work is designed as a teaching manual for study of the Yakut language, and is also so arranged as to be used for self instruction, particularly by persons with prior acquaintance with another Turkic language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krueger, John R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE - AREA HANDBOOK THE LAND AND ITS FEATURES 1. The USSR and Yakutia 2. Location, Size and Population 3. Geography and Climate 4, Flora and Fauna 5. Communications and Travel; The City of Yakutsk, 6. Natural Resources, Agriculture, Stock-Breeding, Industry THE PEOPLE AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS 7. Origins and Legends; Early Contact with Russians 8. Yakut Life in the 19th Century 9. Arts and Crafts; Music 10. Literature and Folklore 11. Education and Culture; Public Services 12. Printing and Publications 13. Political System and Social Organization; Leading Personalities 14. The Name "Yakut" PART TWO- GRAMMAR INTRODUCTION 0.1 General Characteristics of the Altaic Languages 0.2 Classification of the Turkic Languages 0.3 The Characteristics and Position of Yakut Turkish 0.4 Yakut-Osmanh Linguistic Parallels PHONOLOGY 1.0 Early Alphabets and Investigations of Yakut 1.1 Vowels and Diphthongs 1.2 Consonants 1.3 Accent; Juncture MORPHOLOGY 2.0 Word-Classes in Yakut 2. 1 Nominals 2. 2 The Case System of Yakut 2.3 Possession in Yakut 2.4 Pronouns 2.5 Numerals 2.6 Adjectival Formations 2.7 Adverbial Usages and Forms 2.8 Derivation in Nouns 2.9 Postpositional Nouns 3.0 Verbals 3. 1 Tenses of the Verb 3.2 The Converb 3. 3 Moods 3. 4 Secondary Verbal Formations 3. 5 Word Formation in Verbals PART THREE - GRADED READER, OTHER READING SELECTIONS, PART FOUR- YAKUT-ENGLISH GLOSSARY, GLOSSARY, KEY - Translations to all Reading Selections.

Über Autor(innen)

John R. Krueger, Indiana University.