An Oroch word-list lost and rediscovered: a critical edition of Tronson's 1859 pseudo-Nivkh vocabulary

Abstract J.M. Tronson believed that the language of the word-list which he collected in 1856 on the Lower Amur, and published twice in 1859 was Nivkh. Among contemporary scholars, only Roman Jakobson noted that the language of Tronson's word-list is not Nivkh, but Tungusic. Unfortunately, neith...

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Published in:Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
Main Author: Alonso de la Fuente, José Andrés
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2017
Subjects:
History
Cultural Studies
Nivkh
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0041977x16001051
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0041977x16001051 2024-03-03T08:46:46+00:00 An Oroch word-list lost and rediscovered: a critical edition of Tronson's 1859 pseudo-Nivkh vocabulary Alonso de la Fuente, José Andrés 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0041977x16001051 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0041977X16001051 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies volume 80, issue 1, page 97-117 ISSN 0041-977X 1474-0699 History Cultural Studies journal-article 2017 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0041977x16001051 2024-02-08T08:26:53Z Abstract J.M. Tronson believed that the language of the word-list which he collected in 1856 on the Lower Amur, and published twice in 1859 was Nivkh. Among contemporary scholars, only Roman Jakobson noted that the language of Tronson's word-list is not Nivkh, but Tungusic. Unfortunately, neither Jakobson nor other specialists have specified what language that might be. We confirm E.G. Ravenstein's unnoticed assertion of 1861 that the language is Oroch and, from this new perspective, we offer a critical edition of Tronson's pseudo-Nivkh word-list. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nivkh Cambridge University Press Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 80 1 97 117
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Cultural Studies
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Cultural Studies
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An Oroch word-list lost and rediscovered: a critical edition of Tronson's 1859 pseudo-Nivkh vocabulary
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description Abstract J.M. Tronson believed that the language of the word-list which he collected in 1856 on the Lower Amur, and published twice in 1859 was Nivkh. Among contemporary scholars, only Roman Jakobson noted that the language of Tronson's word-list is not Nivkh, but Tungusic. Unfortunately, neither Jakobson nor other specialists have specified what language that might be. We confirm E.G. Ravenstein's unnoticed assertion of 1861 that the language is Oroch and, from this new perspective, we offer a critical edition of Tronson's pseudo-Nivkh word-list.
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