- Journal of Old Turkic Studies
- Volume:4 Issue:1
- A Volga Bulgarian Classifier: A Historical and Areal Linguistic Study
A Volga Bulgarian Classifier: A Historical and Areal Linguistic Study
Authors : Klara AGYAGASİ
Pages : 7-15
Doi:10.35236/jots.663726
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Publication Date : 2020-01-29
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :In the Old Turkic period, the East Old Turkic variety produced written records, while the Oguric versions of West Old Turkic left oral sources from which data relevant to a given language state can be extracted. The author provides a historical and areal linguistic overview of Volga Bulgarian words meaning ’seed, grain, kernel’, contemporary correspondences of which used as classifiers in the Volga-Kama region.Keywords : classifiers, West Old Turkic derivational archaism, Volga Bulgarian dialects, Chuvash type phonetic criteria, Volga Bulgarian Proto Mari contacts
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