The Turkish Dialects of Trabzon: Their Phonology and Historical Development. Volume I: Analysis, Vol. II: Texts

by Bernt Brendemoen

The dialects spoken in Trabzon on the Eastern Black Sea Coast are the Anatolian dialects that have preserved the most archaic features. At the same time, they are the ones that display the greatest number of innovations, due to the influence of other languages in the region. The archaisms indicate that the first speakers of Turkish must have settled in the area more than a hundred years before the Ottoman conquest, i.e. in the 14th century, although...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3447045701
• ISBN13: 9783447045704
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Harrassowitz
• Length: 626 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.0" x 9.6"