Turks and Iranians. Interactions in Language and History The Gunnar Jarring Memorial Program at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study |
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Editor:
| Csató, Éva Á. Johanson, Lars Rona-Tas, Andras Utas, Bo |
Series title: | Turcologica Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-447-10537-8 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
Publisher: | Harrassowitz Verlag
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $79.00USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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The contributions by an international group of leading scholars discuss the historical and cultural relations of old and modern Turkic and Iranian languages. A main topic is how contacts of spoken and written languages from pre-Islamic times until various periods of the Islamic era have influenced the emergence and development of Iranian and Turkic varieties. The purpose is to contribute to a better understanding of the interrelations between cultural-historical contacts and linguistic...
More DescriptionThe contributions by an international group of leading scholars discuss the historical and cultural relations of old and modern Turkic and Iranian languages. A main topic is how contacts of spoken and written languages from pre-Islamic times until various periods of the Islamic era have influenced the emergence and development of Iranian and Turkic varieties. The purpose is to contribute to a better understanding of the interrelations between cultural-historical contacts and linguistic processes, and to stress the necessity of cooperation between experts of Turkic and Iranian studies.