Publisher's Synopsis
In recent years, Manchu and Tungus studies have experienced an increased interest from scholars all around the world, among them experts of such diverse fields as Chinese and Inner Asian history, folklore studies, comparative Altaic philology, and linguistics. The present collaborative volume contains a selection of papers on Tungusic and Siberian linguistics and ethnolinguistics from the First International Conference on Manchu-Tungus Studies (ICMTS), which took place at the University of Bonn in summer 2000.From the table of contents (12 contributions): G. Doerfer, Altaistik? Ein subjektiver Uberblick B.E. Dresher, X. Zhang, Contrast in Manchu Vowel Systems S. Georg, Unreclassifying Tungusic E. Helimski, Die Sprache der Avaren: Die mandschu?tungusische Alternative S. Kazama, On the "Causative" Forms in Tungus Languages G.N. Kiyose, Independent Corroberation of the Jurchen *- Reconstructed by the Comparative Method C. Naeher, A Note on Vowel Harmony in Manchu H. Werner, Zum Problem der KausativFormen in den Jenissej-Sprachen
