Chickens and eggs: the undying issue of the primacy of r/l or z/š in Altaic historical linguistics

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dc.contributor.authorTherien, Tania L
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-21T20:26:33Z
dc.date.available2016-06-21T20:26:33Z
dc.date.issued1999-01
dc.description.abstractFor the better part of this century, the Turkic language family has posed some difficulties for both typological and historical linguistics. The pivotal issue lies with four modern Turkic phonemes /r, l, z, š/ and their reflexes in the peripheral Turkic language Chuvash, spoken south of Moscow along the Volga River. Historically, the question that arises is, which set of phonemes, greater-Turkic or Chuvash, is the older one? And, in turn, what does the potential answer to this question have to say about the classification of Turkic? The Chuvash reflexes /r, I/ (but not z and š) correspond perfectly with cognates in Mongolian and Manchu-Tungus languages, leading one to believe that not only are the Chuvash phonemes older, but also that Turkic is most certainly an Altaic language. The aim of this paper is to explore each side of the Altaic argument with the issue of the phonemes serving as the focal point.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationTherien, T. L. (1999). Chickens and eggs: the undying issue of the primacy of r/l or z/š in Altaic historical linguistics. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 21(Winter), 96-117.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28949
dc.identifier.issn2371-2643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/51428
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.departmentLinguisticsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectHistorical linguisticsen_US
dc.subjectAltaic languagesen_US
dc.subjectPhonologyen_US
dc.subjectTypology (Linguistics)en_US
dc.titleChickens and eggs: the undying issue of the primacy of r/l or z/š in Altaic historical linguisticsen_US
dc.typejournal article
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