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In:Languages and Prehistory of Central Siberia
Edited by Edward J. Vajda
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 262] 2004
► pp. v–vi

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Published online: 29 November 2004
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Table of contents

Editor’s forewordvii
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I. The languages of Central Siberia
Introduction and overview1
II. Yeniseic linguistics
Yeniseic counting systems123
Patterns of plural formation in Kott nouns and adjectives129
On distinguishing loanwords from the original Proto-Yeniseic lexicon135
Incorporation and word formation in Ket143
III. Selkup linguistics
Morphological reanalysis in the Selkup verb151
Synonymy, allomorphy, and free variation in Selkup derivational suffixes157
The Selkup worldview as reflected in basic number words161
Selkup-Ket parallels in ritual and spiritual terminology169
IV. South Siberian Turkic linguistics
Shaman and bear: Siberian prehistory in two Middle Chulym texts179
South Siberian sound symbolism197
Linguistic reflections of Xakas ethnohistory212
V. Archeological perspectives on Central Siberian language groups
Cultural origins of the taiga-dwelling peoples of the Middle Yenisei233
Sunken earth dwellings as evidence of a Paleoasiatic substrate among the Ket249
Prehistoric cultural links along the Yenisei: Revelations from a bronze idol257
Index265
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