Bukharan Tajik

2005

There have been a number of informal debates among Persian language specialists concerning the status of Tajik and Dari vs. standard Persian. All linguists know that speech communities utilize a continuum of varieties of speech, and that the term "language" is more a political appellation than a scientifically accurate descriptor. The range of variation in Persian, Dari and Tajik communities is quite extensive, embodying regionalisms and borrowings from other language families. The term "register" has a special status in describing languages in that it represents a speech variety that is marked for particular specific occasions. Whereas Modern Persian and Dari are very close in form, Tajik has more divergent discourse structures. Based on fieldwork carried out in Tajikistan, I theorize that standard Persian as spoken in Iran has become a special register of Tajik marked for formal occasions such as political speech making, wedding orations, news broadcasts, and elevated scientific discourse. In this way the opposition between all the varieties of colloquial Tajik and standard Persian in Tajikistan resemble the diglossic opposition between dhimotiki and katherevusa in modern Greek. In this paper I will provide several examples, and speculate on the concretization and meaning of such diglossic vocal speech registers.

2011

The journal TURKIC LANGUAGES is devoted to linguistic Turcology. It addresses descriptive, comparative, synchronic, diachronic, theoretical and methodological problems of the study of Turkic languages including questions of genealogical, typological and areal relations, linguistic variation and language acquisition. The journal aims at presenting work of current interest on a variety of subjects and thus welcomes con tributions on all aspects of Turkic linguistics. It contains articles, review articles, re views, discussions, reports, and surveys of publications. It is published in one vo lume of two issues per year with approximately 300 pages.

2011

The journal TURKIC LANGUAGES is devoted to linguistic Turcology. It addresses descriptive, comparative, synchronic, diachronic, theoretical and methodological problems of the study of Turkic languages including questions of genealogical, typological and areal relations, linguistic variation and language acquisition. The journal aims at presenting work of current interest on a variety of subjects and thus welcomes con tributions on all aspects of Turkic linguistics. It contains articles, review articles, re views, discussions, reports, and surveys of publications. It is published in one vo lume of two issues per year with approximately 300 pages.

The Turkic Languages, 2022

The Turkic Languages is a reference book which brings together detailed discussions of the historical development and specialized linguistic structures and features of the languages in the Turkic family. Seen from a linguistic typology point of view, Turkic languages are particularly interesting because of their astonishing morphosyntactic regularity, their vast geographical distribution, and their great stability over time. This volume builds upon a work which has already become a defining classic of Turkic language study. The present, thoroughly revised edition updates and augments those authoritative accounts and reflects recent and ongoing developments in the languages themselves, as well as our further enhanced understanding of the relations and patterns of influence between them. The result is the fruit of decades-long experience in the teaching of the Turkic languages, their philology and literature, and also of a wealth of new insights into the linguistic phenomena and cultural interactions defining their development and use, both historically and in the present day. Each chapter combines modern linguistic analysis with traditional historical linguistics; a uniform structure allows for easy typological comparison between the individual languages. Written by an international team of experts, The Turkic Languages will be invaluable to students and researchers within linguistics, Turcology, and Near Eastern and Oriental Studies.

STUDIES ON ARABIC DIALECTOLOGY AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of AIDA, June 10-13, 2019. Edited by Guram Chikovani, Zviad Tskhvediani, 2022

From October 28th to November 12th, 2018 a dialectological expedition to Central Asia was held by Guram Chikovani and Zviad Tskhvediani. The expedition aimed to identify the existing language situation in Central Asia, namely in the Arabic kishlaks of Bukhara and Qashqa-darya regions, as well as to gather and process a dialectological material. This goal was achieved. Last time Guram Chikovani visited these regions in 2000. The following paper deals with the evaluation and analysis of the current linguistic situation. Dialectological material was collected in kishlak Jogari of the Bukhara Gijduvon region and kishlak Jeinau of the Qashqa-darya region. On-site research revealed that the number of people speaking Arabic dialect has sharply decreased compared to the 2000s. This applies especially to young people and the people of the middle ages. Native Arabic is more preserved in Jogari than in Jeinau. In the latter one, unlike Jogari, it was difficult for us to find young people knowing the Arabic dialect. Obtained dialectological material illustrates the vitality of grammatical formation in both dialects. As for the lexis, the influence of Tajik and Uzbek languages being in contact is stronger. Secondary borrowings are also fixed when the lexis of Arabic origin from Tajik and Uzbek languages enters the Arabic dialect.

Language documentation in comparative Turkic linguistics, 2024

This volume contains original analyses of thirteen, mostly endangered, Turkic languages, and as such is a valuable contribution not only to the field of Turkic studies but also to the general field of comparative linguistics. The book is a rich source of data for dialects otherwise not readily accessible for specialists in the structure of Turkic languages. For typologists looking for the linguistic intricacies of agglutinative languages, the book provides a wide spectrum of structural features from varieties of a large number of Turkic languages and as such is an invaluable data mine analyzed and presented with the insight of the experts in the field... (A. SUMRU ÖZSOY)..........This is a welcome book on documentation in the Turkic language family. It advocates for standardization of text representations and descriptions based on the scholarly tradition in Turkic linguistics. The previously unpublished texts vary considerably in style, gender, and register. The accompanying audio recordings are accessible online, which is something quite new in linguistic publications. Different branches of Turkic are represented in the volume, e.g. endangered languages such as Southwest Karaim, Bayat Turkic in Iraq, Golan Turkic in Syria, and Yellow Uyghur in China, all with a very weak status. This type of new data from field work is essential both for historical linguistics and for the description of the Turkic language type...(LARS JOHANSON).......... This very interesting volume presents new materials and analysis of 13 Turkic languages, most of which are endangered, ranging from Western Europe to China. It will contribute to Turkic synchronic and diachronic studies, and be a nice source for language typology, and historical and theoretical linguistics. The use of a uniform transcription and morphological representation in all chapters makes them more readily comparable and easier to use. The availability of downloadable sound files for the analysed texts is a plus. The editors are to be congratulated for putting together such a diverse and useful collection...(PETER AUSTIN)

Language Documentation and Description, 2021

This article presents an overview of the sociolinguistic situation and typological profile of Chamalal, a Nakh-Dagestanian language of the Andic group spoken in Dagestan and Chechnya (Russia). It discusses how the language is retreating under the influence of Russian, with emigration from rural communities in the mountains to larger cities being a major factor. It concludes with a summary of existing resources and current work on the language.

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Access Archaeology, 2018

The haste, disorganization and deplorable methods of excavation with which the sacred area of Largo Argentina was brought to light are now widely known. The feverish search for the "Romanity" that characterized the excavation operations, the demolitions and the heavy restorations did not even save those classic buildings that, surrounding the four famous temples, could affect their visibility and therefore public enjoyment. The eastern boundary of the area, consisting of a row of about 17 pilasters in opus quadratum, over 6 meters high, was partly demolished and the pillars reduced to three meters in height. If this was the fate of classical buildings, we can well imagine what happened to all the testimonies of later ages. Except for the quadrangular hall in front of temple A and a few other fragments of structures, nothing else remains of the later phases from the fourth century AD. With this work I will attempt to reconstruct, through photographs, excavation logs and archival documents dating back to the excavation period, the post-classical phases of the eastern portico of the sacred area. A careful technical analysis of the building has also allowed for the recognition of several traces belonging to three post-classical phases from the 5th century AD to the 8th-9th. Finally, the discovery of a series of never-before-seen levels inside the eastern portico has allowed the reconstruction of the early stages of the medieval via de calcarariis, today's Via di S. Nicola de' Cesarini.