This dissertation investigates the evidence for shift-induced interference in the case-marking system of Turkic languages. Through comparative analysis, it demonstrates that the range of meanings and functions expressed by case markers in modern Turkic languages, such as Uzbek, …
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Among the oral narratives of the Turkic people, stories about the epic hero Koroglu (Blind man's son) are among the best known and most widely distributed. From Anatolia to Central Asia, the Koroglu stories exist in cycles, or series of stories, dealing with various adventures o…
This dissertation examines the relationship between leadership politics and the public articulation of collective identity. It explores the ways in which discussions about identity related to power, authority, and politics at the community level. Focusing primarily upon the Musl…
This thesis examines the symposium on script selection that was realized with the participation of the six independent Turkic nations; Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Throughout history, the scripts that were employed to record Turkic Lan…
The story of Koroglu, one of the most widespread of the Turkic destans, is shared not only by nearly all Turkic peoples, but also by some non-Turkic neighboring communities, such as the Armenians, Georgians, Kurds, Tajiks, and Afghans. In general the versions can be separated in…
The purpose of this work is to describe and account for the broad range of phenomena referred to as "evidentiality" in two Turkic languages: Uzbek and Kazakh. Much previous work on the Turkic languages treats evidentiality as a distinct verbal category. However, morphemes that e…
The Mamluk sultans legitimated their rule through the conscious promotion of Islamic themes. Chief among them were the waging of holy war, a dispensation from the Abbasid caliphs, the special relationship of the Mamluk sultan to the H[dotbelow]ijaz, and Mamluk patronage of relig…
In the past forty years the fluid Uyghur muqam song tradition has been transformed into a cultural canon used to represent the Uyghur ethnic group within China and on the world stage. Traditional muqam performers have provided the magma of songs that scholars and politicians hav…