The Mongolic languages /
Once the rulers of the largest land empire that has ever existed on earth, the historical Mongols of Chinggis Khan left a linguistic heritage which today survives in the form of more than a dozen different languages, collectively termed Mongolic. For general linguistic theory, the Mongolic languages...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London :
Routledge,
2003.
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Colección: | Routledge language family series ;
5. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Once the rulers of the largest land empire that has ever existed on earth, the historical Mongols of Chinggis Khan left a linguistic heritage which today survives in the form of more than a dozen different languages, collectively termed Mongolic. For general linguistic theory, the Mongolic languages offer interesting insights to problems of areal typology and structural change. An understanding of the Mongolic language family is also a prerequisite for the study of Mongolian and Central Eurasian history and culture. This volume is the first comprehensive treatment of the Mongolic languages in. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 433 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 0203987918 9780203987919 9780700711338 0700711333 1135796904 9781135796907 1280308559 9781280308550 9786610308552 6610308551 1135796890 9781135796891 |