Linguistic Mysteries of Ethnonyms in Inner Asia

Penglin Wang

doi:10.5771/9781498535281

Summary

In Linguistic Mysteries of Ethnonyms in Inner Asia, Penglin Wang focuses on semantics as a central theme in onomastics and strives to unravel the origin and meaning of a series of influential ethnonyms such as Xianbei, Rouran, Tabγač, Tatar, Shiwei, Mongol, Merkid, Nüzhen, Ju&scaron;en, and Nikan. Since much of modern research has dealt with issues of Inner Asian ethnonyms within a regional framework, Wang’s exploration of the early Indo-European and Altaic influence on the ethnonymic designations of Mongol-Tungusic and Turkic groups opens up a new horizon for transcontinental approaches, which represent an important thrust in Inner Asian and Eurasian studies. Wang has based this comprehensive study on textual, cross-linguistic, and patterned analysis of the ethnonyms found primarily in ancient Chinese sources.

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Edition: 1/2018
Copyright Year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-3527-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-3528-1
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 282
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. List of Tables No access
3. Transcription, Sign, andAbbreviation No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 20
1. The Words for ‘People’ and the Like in Ethnonyms and Toponyms No access
2. The Words for ‘Sun, Sunrise’ and the Like in Ethnonyms No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Notes No access
1. Cardinal Numbers No access
2. High Numbers No access
3. More Cases of Numerical Representations No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
1. Attestation and Annotation of Xianbei No access
2. Xianbei Has No Etymological Connection with Shiwei No access
3. Coldness as a Climatic Factor for Nomenclature No access
4. Cross-linguistic Correspondences and Vagaries No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
1. Existing Points of View No access
2. Two Different Methods No access
3. The Phonetic Similarity between Tuoba and TabΓač No access
4. Tuoba~TabΓač as a Polysemic Word No access
5. Agriculture as an Economic Sector in Xianbei Society No access
6. The Mongolic Affiliation of Xianbei Language No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. Identification of Shiwei No access
2. Linguistic Analyses No access
3. Is Shiwei Connected with Shibi? No access
4. Who Were the Yellow-Headed Shiwei? No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
1. Mongğo- as Ethnonyms No access
2. Mongğo- as Personal Names No access
3. From Mongğos to Yeke Mongğol Ulus No access
4. Etymology No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
1. The Ethnonym J̌ušen No access
2. From Liqian to Nikan No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Notes No access
References No access Pages 261 - 272
Index No access Pages 273 - 280
About the Author No access Pages 281 - 282