Linguistic Mysteries of Ethnonyms in Inner Asia
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A01=Penglin Wang
Altaic studies
Author_Penglin Wang
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Central Asia
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Ethnonym
Indo-European
Inner Asia
Jurchen
Mongol
Onomastics
Tabgach/Tuoba
TabgachTuoba
Xianbei
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- ISBN 9781498535274
- Weight: 594g
- Dimensions: 159 x 238mm
- Publication Date: 28 Mar 2018
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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, Tabγac, Tatar, Shiwei, Mongol, Merkid, Nüzhen, Jušen, 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.
Penglin Wang (???) is professor of anthropology and linguistics at Central Washington University.
