Michael Fortescue, Ph.D. (1978), Edinburgh University, is professor emeritus in Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen. He has published widely in the field of Arctic languages, including West Greenlandic (Croom Helm, 1984). He co-authored The Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (Alaska Native Language Center, 1994, 2010).Edward Vajda, Ph.D. (1987), University of Washington, is professor of Russian, Eurasian Studies, and Linguistics at Western Washington University. His research focus is the indigenous languages of northern Asia, particularly Ket and other Yeniseian languages. His books include Yeniseian Peoples and Languages (Curzon Press, 2001) and Ket (Lincom, 2004).

• List of Tables and IllustrationsAbbreviationsIntroductionMichael Fortescue and Edward VajdaPart 1 The Uralo-Siberian Hypothesis1 Overview2 The Eskaleut, Uralic and Yukaghir Languages2.1 Eskaleut2.2 Uralic2.3 Yukaghir3 The History of the Hypothesis4 Uralo-Siberian Cognates4.1 The Basis of the Reconstructions: Sound Correspondences4.2 Proto-Uralo-Siberian Stems4.3 Proto-Uralo-Siberian Morphology4.4 Summary5 The Relationship to Chukotko-Kamchatkan6 The Emergence of Ergativity in Eskaleut and Siberian Languages7 Aleut Lexical Items Not Attested in Eskimoan: Evidence of a Substratum?8 Sirenikski: Remnant Asian Eskimoan8.1 The Position of Sirenikski within Eskimoan8.2 Sirenikski Phonology and Lexicon8.3 Sirenikski Morphology8.4 The Idiosyncrasy of Sirenikski9 Support from Archaeology and Population Genetics9.1 The Dispersal of Uralo-Siberian: A Model9.2 Archaeological Support for the Model9.3 Genetic Support for the ModelPart 2 The Dene-Yeniseian Hypothesis1 Overview2 Yeniseian Languages3 Na-Dene: Tlingit, Eyak, and Dene (Athabaskan) Languages4 Dene-Yeniseian Phonology5 Dene-Yeniseian Cognates6 Form Classes and Noun Morphology7 Possessive Constructions7.1 Yeniseian Possessive Morphology7.2 Dene-Eyak Noun Class Markers and Qualifiers7.3 Postpositional Constructions7.4 Directionals7.5 Demonstratives and Interrogatives7.6 Summary8 Finite Verb Morphology8.1 The Origin of Dene-Yeniseian Templatic Polysynthesis8.2 Na-Dene Classifier Prefixes8.3 The Proto-Yeniseian Template8.4 Tense-Aspect-Mood Affixes8.5 Agreement Morphology8.6 Contact-Induced Changes in the Yeniseian Daughter Templates8.7 Areal Influence on Na-Dene Verb Morphology8.8 Action Nominals8.9 Concluding Remarks on Dene-Yeniseian Verb Morphology9 Summary of the Linguistic Evidence for Dene-Yeniseian10 Perspectives on Dene-Yeniseian from Genetics and Archaeology11 Summary and Future PerspectivesConcluding DiscussionMichael Fortescue and Edward VajdaAppendix 1: P-US to English; English to P-USAppendix 2: P-DY to English; English to P-DYReferencesIndex

Michael Fortescue, Ph.D. (1978), Edinburgh University, is professor emeritus in Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen. He has published widely in the field of Arctic languages, including West Greenlandic (Croom Helm, 1984). He co-authored The Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (Alaska Native Language Center, 1994, 2010).Edward Vajda, Ph.D. (1987), University of Washington, is professor of Russian, Eurasian Studies, and Linguistics at Western Washington University. His research focus is the indigenous languages of northern Asia, particularly Ket and other Yeniseian languages. His books include Yeniseian Peoples and Languages (Curzon Press, 2001) and Ket (Lincom, 2004).

• List of Tables and IllustrationsAbbreviationsIntroductionMichael Fortescue and Edward VajdaPart 1 The Uralo-Siberian Hypothesis1 Overview2 The Eskaleut, Uralic and Yukaghir Languages2.1 Eskaleut2.2 Uralic2.3 Yukaghir3 The History of the Hypothesis4 Uralo-Siberian Cognates4.1 The Basis of the Reconstructions: Sound Correspondences4.2 Proto-Uralo-Siberian Stems4.3 Proto-Uralo-Siberian Morphology4.4 Summary5 The Relationship to Chukotko-Kamchatkan6 The Emergence of Ergativity in Eskaleut and Siberian Languages7 Aleut Lexical Items Not Attested in Eskimoan: Evidence of a Substratum?8 Sirenikski: Remnant Asian Eskimoan8.1 The Position of Sirenikski within Eskimoan8.2 Sirenikski Phonology and Lexicon8.3 Sirenikski Morphology8.4 The Idiosyncrasy of Sirenikski9 Support from Archaeology and Population Genetics9.1 The Dispersal of Uralo-Siberian: A Model9.2 Archaeological Support for the Model9.3 Genetic Support for the ModelPart 2 The Dene-Yeniseian Hypothesis1 Overview2 Yeniseian Languages3 Na-Dene: Tlingit, Eyak, and Dene (Athabaskan) Languages4 Dene-Yeniseian Phonology5 Dene-Yeniseian Cognates6 Form Classes and Noun Morphology7 Possessive Constructions7.1 Yeniseian Possessive Morphology7.2 Dene-Eyak Noun Class Markers and Qualifiers7.3 Postpositional Constructions7.4 Directionals7.5 Demonstratives and Interrogatives7.6 Summary8 Finite Verb Morphology8.1 The Origin of Dene-Yeniseian Templatic Polysynthesis8.2 Na-Dene Classifier Prefixes8.3 The Proto-Yeniseian Template8.4 Tense-Aspect-Mood Affixes8.5 Agreement Morphology8.6 Contact-Induced Changes in the Yeniseian Daughter Templates8.7 Areal Influence on Na-Dene Verb Morphology8.8 Action Nominals8.9 Concluding Remarks on Dene-Yeniseian Verb Morphology9 Summary of the Linguistic Evidence for Dene-Yeniseian10 Perspectives on Dene-Yeniseian from Genetics and Archaeology11 Summary and Future PerspectivesConcluding DiscussionMichael Fortescue and Edward VajdaAppendix 1: P-US to English; English to P-USAppendix 2: P-DY to English; English to P-DYReferencesIndex

Michael Fortescue, Ph.D. (1978), Edinburgh University, is professor emeritus in Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen. He has published widely in the field of Arctic languages, including West Greenlandic (Croom Helm, 1984). He co-authored The Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (Alaska Native Language Center, 1994, 2010).Edward Vajda, Ph.D. (1987), University of Washington, is professor of Russian, Eurasian Studies, and Linguistics at Western Washington University. His research focus is the indigenous languages of northern Asia, particularly Ket and other Yeniseian languages. His books include Yeniseian Peoples and Languages (Curzon Press, 2001) and Ket (Lincom, 2004).

• List of Tables and IllustrationsAbbreviationsIntroductionMichael Fortescue and Edward VajdaPart 1 The Uralo-Siberian Hypothesis1 Overview2 The Eskaleut, Uralic and Yukaghir Languages2.1 Eskaleut2.2 Uralic2.3 Yukaghir3 The History of the Hypothesis4 Uralo-Siberian Cognates4.1 The Basis of the Reconstructions: Sound Correspondences4.2 Proto-Uralo-Siberian Stems4.3 Proto-Uralo-Siberian Morphology4.4 Summary5 The Relationship to Chukotko-Kamchatkan6 The Emergence of Ergativity in Eskaleut and Siberian Languages7 Aleut Lexical Items Not Attested in Eskimoan: Evidence of a Substratum?8 Sirenikski: Remnant Asian Eskimoan8.1 The Position of Sirenikski within Eskimoan8.2 Sirenikski Phonology and Lexicon8.3 Sirenikski Morphology8.4 The Idiosyncrasy of Sirenikski9 Support from Archaeology and Population Genetics9.1 The Dispersal of Uralo-Siberian: A Model9.2 Archaeological Support for the Model9.3 Genetic Support for the ModelPart 2 The Dene-Yeniseian Hypothesis1 Overview2 Yeniseian Languages3 Na-Dene: Tlingit, Eyak, and Dene (Athabaskan) Languages4 Dene-Yeniseian Phonology5 Dene-Yeniseian Cognates6 Form Classes and Noun Morphology7 Possessive Constructions7.1 Yeniseian Possessive Morphology7.2 Dene-Eyak Noun Class Markers and Qualifiers7.3 Postpositional Constructions7.4 Directionals7.5 Demonstratives and Interrogatives7.6 Summary8 Finite Verb Morphology8.1 The Origin of Dene-Yeniseian Templatic Polysynthesis8.2 Na-Dene Classifier Prefixes8.3 The Proto-Yeniseian Template8.4 Tense-Aspect-Mood Affixes8.5 Agreement Morphology8.6 Contact-Induced Changes in the Yeniseian Daughter Templates8.7 Areal Influence on Na-Dene Verb Morphology8.8 Action Nominals8.9 Concluding Remarks on Dene-Yeniseian Verb Morphology9 Summary of the Linguistic Evidence for Dene-Yeniseian10 Perspectives on Dene-Yeniseian from Genetics and Archaeology11 Summary and Future PerspectivesConcluding DiscussionMichael Fortescue and Edward VajdaAppendix 1: P-US to English; English to P-USAppendix 2: P-DY to English; English to P-DYReferencesIndex