EXPERIENCE OF AREAL ANALYSIS OF KHANTY, SELKUP AND CHULYM DIALECTAL DATA

Filchenko Andrey Yuryevich

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The paper outlines the endangered Siberian language documentation and description program undertaken by the department of Siberian indigenous languages of Tomsk State Pedagogical University. Based on the experience of the Ob-Yenissei linguistic area documentation project, particularly in documentation of the middle Ob area of Tomsk region, the main theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects of the areal study are exemplified. The discussion outlines some of factors affecting the development of local languages and cultures, assessing key hypotheses of their contact interaction and mutual evolution.

Keywords: endangered languages of Siberia, areal typology, language documentation

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Issue: 3, 2011

Series of issue: Issue 4

Rubric: Topical Problems of Siberia Studies

Pages: 148 — 155

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