The Origin of the Chechen and Ingush: A Study in Alpine Linguistic and Ethnic Geography  

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Nichols, Johanna

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 46 no. 2 (Mar. 2004), page 129-155.
Fulltext: Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 129-155.pdf (3.27MB)

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A general model is proposed for language and dialect spreads and population movement in mountain societies. Languages (and societies) are ver- tically distributed and often discontinuous. Isoglosses and language spreads move downhill during warm periods and uphill during cold periods. Population movements go in the opposite direction. The ethnic scope and degree of mytho- logization of origin legends correlate well with chronology and vertical direc- tionality of movements, so that even highly mythologized legends are reliable evidence of movements. This model is demonstrated on the ethnolinguistic history of the Chechen and Ingush peoples of the central Caucasus.

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