Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 305 pages)
ISBN:
9789047443513
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2009 Section 8, Central Asia
Content:
Preliminary Material /D. Kane -- Chapter One. Introduction /D. Kane -- Chapter Two. Analysis Of The Kitan Small Graphs /D. Kane -- Chapter Three. English-Kitan Glossary /D. Kane -- Chapter Four. Morphology /D. Kane -- Chapter Five. The Kitan Large Script /D. Kane -- Chapter Six. Texts In The Kitan Small Script /D. Kane -- Chapter Seven. Liao Chinese /D. Kane -- Postscript /D. Kane -- Bibliography /D. Kane -- Index /D. Kane -- Index Of Graphs /D. Kane.
Content:
The Kitans established the Liao dynasty in northern China, which lasted for over two centuries (916-1125). In this survey the reader will find what is currently known about the Kitan language and scripts. The language was very likely distantly related to Mongolian, with two quite different scripts in use. A few generations after their state was defeated, almost all trace of the Kitan spoken and written languages disappeared, except a few words in Chinese texts. Over the past few decades, however, inscriptions from the tombs of the Liao emperors and the Kitan aristocracy have been at least partially deciphered, resulting in a significant increase of our knowledge of the Kitan lexicon, morphology and syntax
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-293) and indexes
,
English with Kitan script and transliteration examples also translated into English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004168299
Additional Edition:
ISBN 900416829X
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Kane, Daniel Handbook of oriental studies ; Sect. 8, Vol. 19: Central Asia: The Kitan language and script Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2009 ISBN 9789004168299
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Kitan
;
Altaische Sprachen
;
Schrift
;
Morphologie
;
Syntax
;
Liaodynastie
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