Phonetic Laws Related to Vowels in Dialects

Today, in carrying out the reforms for the development of our society, there are created full opportunities and conditions for the fulfillment of the tasks set before the Uzbek linguistics, purposeful research work is carried out on the issue of comprehensive study of our language. At the same time, the study of the features of Uzbek dialects, relying on the theoretical bases of areal linguistic research, is defined as one of the priority directions in the historical-comparative and ethnolinguistic aspects.This sphere consists of imperfect, simple descriptive and illustrative aspects, indefinite places need to learn and fill on the basis of new views, from a mental point of view. The article gives an idea of the peculiarities of the Namangan Kipchak and Karluk dialects, the historical genesis of the system of vowels, the issues areal of their prevalence and application. The phonetic-phonological linguistic character of the dialect is a comparative-historical reflection of the processes of events of features and laws. In its turn, there are described opinions about the events of umlaut in the Turkic dialects of synharmonism and Karluk dialects in Kipchak dialects related to the vowels in the Turkic languages. Key policy insights.The study through areal-typological and areal-linguistic methods, which gave Mahmud Kashgariy in Turkic languages, the initial point of any linguistic theory and conceptions, the study of dialects, their specific features, is still one of the important issues today. The emergence of areal linguistics has opened up a wide way to evaluate new issues and concepts in the field of dialectology, to solve them in new ways. Relying on the theoretical basis of dialect and slang areas in the holistic study of the language system, the fact that historical-comparative and ethnologic research is defined as one of the priority areas imposes new responsibilities on Uzbek linguistics and Uzbek linguists.

Verb-Verb Complexes in Asian Languages

This volume presents a detailed survey of the systems of verb-verb complexes in Asian languages from both a synchronic and a diachronic perspective. Many Asian languages share, to a greater or lesser extent, a unique class of compound verbs each consisting of a main verb and a quasi-auxiliary verb known as a ‘vector’ or ‘explicator’. These quasi-auxiliary verbs exhibit unique grammatical behavior that suggests that they have an intermediate status between full lexical verbs and wholly reduced auxiliaries. They are also semantically unique, in that when they are combined with main verbs, they can convey a rich variety of functional meanings beyond the traditional notions of tense, aspect, and modality, such as manner and intensity of action, benefaction for speaker or hearer, and polite or derogatory styles in speech. In this book, leading specialists in a range of Asian languages offer an in-depth analysis of the longstanding questions relating to the diachrony and geographical distribution of verb-verb complexes. The findings have implications for the general understanding of the grammaticalization of verb categories, complex predicate formation, aktionsart and event semantics, the morphology-syntax-semantics interface, areal linguistics, and typology.

B.A. KALOEV ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION OF V.I. ABAYEV IN ETHNOGRAPHIC SCIENCE

В статье рассмотрен научный вклад В.И. Абаева в развитие этно­графической науки по данным Б.А. Калоева. Показана значимость теории субстрата, в разработке которой ученый принимал активное участие с 1920-х гг. Акцентировано внимание на заключении Абаева о том, что в этногенезе осетин превалировал иранский элемент, несмотря на силь­ную местную кавказскую среду, субстрат. В разрезе этой темы проана­лизированы выступления Абаева на конференциях по этногенезу балкар­цев и карачаевцев и осетин. Как значительный вклад в проблему этно­генеза оценена теория ареальной лингвистики исследователя. Изучены работы Абаева в области языка скифов. Выявлены скифо-сарматские черты в материальной и духовной культуре осетин. В качестве важней­шего этнографического источника рассмотрен «Историко-этимологи­ческий словарь осетинского языка» ученого. В нем дано объяснение исто­рико-культурного значения и происхождения многих вопросов общего кав­казоведения, касающихся этногенеза и этнической истории, предметов материальной и духовной культуры, фольклора, мифологии, религии и т. д. Сосредоточено внимание на том, что в словаре большое внимание уделено аланам и осетинским этническим группам. Показан большой вклад Абаева в разработку этноязыковых и этнокультурных контактов алан-осетин с соседними народами Кавказа. Указано на исследование уче­ным аланских элементов в языках и культуре балкарцев и карачаевцев, абхазов, сванов, мегрелов, чеченцев и ингушей. Отмечено влияние Абаева на выбор исследовательских тем Калоевым: этнографическое наследие В.Ф. Миллера, проблема венгерских алан (ясов) и др. Сделан вывод о значи­тельном научном вкладе Абаева в развитие этнографической науки. The article considers the scientific contribution of V. I. Abaev to the development of ethnographic science according to B. A. Kaloev. The importance of the theory of the substrate, in the development of which he took an active part the 1920s focused on the conclusion of V. I. Abaev that in the ethnogenesis of the Ossetians dominated Iranian element, despite strong local Caucasian environment, substrate. In the context of this topic, V. I. Abayev’s speeches at conferences on the ethnogenesis of the Balkars and Karachays and Ossetians are analyzed. V. I. Abaev’s theory of areal linguistics is evaluated as a Significant contribution to the problem of ethnogenesis. The works of V. I. Abaev in the field of the Scythian language are studied. Scythian-Sarmatian features in the material and spiritual culture of the Ossetians are revealed. V. I. Abayev’s «Historical and etymological dictionary of the Ossetian language» is considered as the most important ethnographic source. it explains the historical and cultural significance and origin of many issues of General Caucasian studies related to ethnogenesis and ethnic history, objects of material and spiritual culture, folklore, mythology, religion, etc. Attention is focused on the fact that the dictionary pays great attention to the Alans and Ossetian ethnic groups. V. I. Abayev’s great contribution to the development of ethno-linguistic and ethno-cultural contacts of the Alans- Ossetians with neighboring peoples of the Caucasus is shown. The author points to the study of Alan elements in the languages and culture of the Balkars and Karachays, Abkhazians, Svans, Megrels, Chechens and Ingush. The influence of V. I. Abaev on the choice of research topics by B. A. Kaloev is noted: the ethnographic heritage of V. F. Miller, the problem of the Hungarian Alans (Yas), and others. The conclusion is made about the significant scientific contribution of V. I. Abaev to the development of ethnographic science.

Introduction

The Transeurasian languages are among the most fervently debated language families in modern linguistics, their data contributing extensively to our current understanding of how genealogical and areal linguistics can complement each other as twin faces of diachronic linguistics. The term “Transeurasian” refers to a large group of geographically adjacent languages, stretching from the Pacific in the East to the Baltic, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean in the West, that includes up to five uncontroversial linguistic families: Japonic, Koreanic, Tungusic, Mongolic, and Turkic. It is distinguished from the more traditional term “Altaic,” which we here reserve for the linguistic grouping consisting of Tungusic, Mongolic, and Turkic languages only. Figure 1 displays the distribution of the Transeurasian languages....

An empirical perspective on the contact between English and French: a case study on substitutive complex prepositions

Historical language contact has generally been approached qualitatively through the examination of different linguistic and extralinguistic factors. By contrast, frequency patterns, although widely acknowledged in other linguistic fields, have not received a great deal of attention in the contact linguistics literature. This paper attempts to bridge this methodological gap through the application of an experimental procedure borrowed from the field of learner corpus research and areal linguistics. In a pilot study on the well-known case of language contact between English and French, the potential contact effects of French on English with regard to the use of substitutive complex prepositions of the PNP type are investigated, using probabilistic multifactorial modeling. The goal is to show in what ways and to what extent English conforms to French in the use of in lieu of and in place of, but also the extent to which it deviates from the Romance language, assuming from the outset that French served as the model language. This approach to historical language contact methodologically enriches an ever-growing paradigm and also illustrates empirically what has been conceptualized as frequency effects in usage-based Construction Grammar.

Language Contact

The chapter starts with a short history of contact studies related to Africa. It briefly looks at early works from Heine (pidgins in the Bantu area) and the French tradition exemplified in the LACITO series on language contact. Considerable space is given to the developments of the last ten years or so when areal linguistics (Aikhenvald and Dixon), linguistic geography (Heine and Nurse), and contact linguistics (Childs, Mesthrie) were put center stage in the African linguistic context. The second part of the chapter looks at methodological issues. Substantial space is given to social contexts in the description of contact-induced language change. The social network approach and other sociolinguistic tools are demonstrated by means of a brief case study from a West African rural contact zone.

Ethio-Semitic

Ethio-Semitic languages form a group within the Semitic family of the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. In all the surveys of languages and language families of the world this group of languages in Ethiopia and Eritrea is always present and is by default treated as a genetic unit within Semitic. Its traditional status is supported by a long history of population medley, language contacts, and interference within the framework of areal linguistics, comparative linguistics, and sociocultural, geographical, and ecological paradigms. The internal classification of Ethio-Semitic provokes many controversies on all levels, including the language ~ dialect level. This chapter describes and explains this problematic nature, taking into account morphological isoglosses such as prefix conjugation and suffix conjugation.