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Bogoras, Waldemar

 
9781333620769: Koryak Texts (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Explore the Koryak voices collected during a major field expedition, and discover how language and culture come alive in their own words.

This nonfiction volume presents texts gathered by Waldemar Bogoras between 1900 and 1901 as part of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition. It explains how the Koryak language was studied alongside ethnology, with notes on dialects, pronunciation, and the challenges of transcription. The material centers on Kamenskoye (Kamchatka, Kam’ykenan) and nearby communities, outlining how western and eastern branches of the Koryak language differ and how local speech varies from village to village.

- Learn how researchers approached fieldwork, including language work and village interviews.
- See how Koryak dialects differ in pronunciation, vocabulary, and vowel harmony, with examples from Kamenskoye and adjacent regions.
- Get a sense of the texts themselves and the context in which they were collected and transcribed.
- Understand the collaboration between linguistics and ethnology in documenting endangered speech traditions.

Ideal for readers of linguistic fieldwork, indigenous oral literature, and early 20th‑century ethnography.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Waldemar Bogoras, who was born Natan Mendelevich Bogoraz and used the literary pseudonym N. A. Tan, was a Russian revolutionary, writer and anthropologist, especially known for his studies of the Chukchi people in Siberia. Born: April 27, 1865, Ovruch, Ukraine Died: May 10, 1936, Kharkiv, Ukraine Education: Saint Petersburg State University Field: Anthropology

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