historical linguistics lars johanson eva agnes csato eds turkic languages turkic languages first reference book almost forty years bring together detailed discussions historic development specialized linguistic structures features languages turkic family written international team experts turkic languages invaluable students researchers within linguistics turcology near eastern oriental studies routledge language family descriptions routledge 1998 504 pp cl 0 415 08200 5 d3380 160 00 daniel abondolo ed uralic languages book provides unique survey individual uralic languages subgroupings finnish selkup obugrian samoyedic giving overview detailed analyses uralic languages volume describes history development well focusing linguistic structure chapter similarlystructured designed comparative study including phonology morphology syntax lexicon sample text available includes numerous tables support illustrate text bibliographies major references language aid study routledge language family descriptions routledge 1998 648 pp cl 0 415 08198 x d3868 200 00 information titles routledge london new york north america www routledgeny com elsewhere www routledge com