Linguistic Mysteries of Ethnonyms in Inner Asia.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (297 pages)
Cover -- Linguistic Mysteries of Ethnonyms inInner Asia -- Linguistic Mysteries of Ethnonyms inInner Asia -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Transcription, Sign, andAbbreviation -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Language Contact -- Two Trends of Thought on Methodology -- Phonetic Transcription and Homogeneous Reconstruction -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- A Linguistic Approach to Ethnonyms -- The Words for 'People' and the Like in Ethnonyms and Toponyms -- The Words for 'Sun, Sunrise' and the Like in Ethnonyms -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Numerals in Ethnonyms -- Cardinal Numbers -- High Numbers -- More Cases of Numerical Representations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 -- Xianbei as Cold -- Attestation and Annotation of Xianbei -- Xianbei Has No Etymological Connection with Shiwei -- Coldness as a Climatic Factor for Nomenclature -- Cross-linguistic Correspondences and Vagaries -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- Tabγač as Farmer -- Existing Points of View -- Two Different Methods -- The Phonetic Similarity between Tuoba and TabΓač -- Tuoba~TabΓač as a Polysemic Word -- Agriculture as an Economic Sector in Xianbei Society -- The Mongolic Affiliation of Xianbei Language -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5 -- Shiwei at the Juncture of Septenary and North -- Identification of Shiwei -- Linguistic Analyses -- Is Shiwei Connected with Shibi? -- Who Were the Yellow-Headed Shiwei? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6 -- Mongol and Merkit as Sunrise -- Mongğo- as Ethnonyms -- Mongğo- as Personal Names -- From Mongğos to Yeke Mongğol Ulus -- Etymology -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7 -- J̌ušen and Nikan as Deictic Expressions -- The Ethnonym J̌ušen -- From Liqian to Nikan -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
Linguistic Mysteries of Ethnonyms in Inner Asia is recommended for scholars of inner Asian languages, cultures, and history, and unravels the origin and meaning of many ethnonyms on the basis of language contact and cultural interaction between the Altaic and Indo-European people.