Background
Anderson, Gregory David Shelton was born on June 23, 1967 in Cincinnati. Son of John McKenzie and Jane (Shelton) Anderson.
(Tyvan (aka Tuvan/Tuvinian) is spoken by 150-200,000 peopl...)
Tyvan (aka Tuvan/Tuvinian) is spoken by 150-200,000 people in the Republic of Tyva in south centra Siberia. Tyvan (along with the closely related Tofalar) stand out among the Turkic languages in several ways. Tyvan has three sets of phonemic vowels: plain, long, and creaky voice. Word-initially obstruents exhibit a contrast between unaspirated/aspirated or voiced/voiceless, depending on the speaker. There is also a phonemically marginal series of long nasalized vowels. Tyvan has only one inflectional series for verbs, prefering enclitic pronominals in most forms (in main clauses). Large numbers of Mongolisms and Mongolian derivational affixes are found, the latter often appearing with Turkic roots. Russian loans are also numerous, and in the speech of certain younger residents of Kyzyl, contact-induced restructuring can be observed. This study is a description of present day Tyvan, particularly as used in the capital city of Kyzyl. This is the first field-based study of Tyvan available in English and the first description of Kyzyl Tyvan in any language.
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Anderson, Gregory David Shelton was born on June 23, 1967 in Cincinnati. Son of John McKenzie and Jane (Shelton) Anderson.
AB, Harvard University, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 2000.
Lecturer in history linguistics University Manchester, England, since 2001. Director linguistic programs Altai-Sayan Language and Ethnography Project, since 2000.
(Tyvan (aka Tuvan/Tuvinian) is spoken by 150-200,000 peopl...)
Member of Linguistic Society of America, Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the American mathematical society, American Oriental Society.
Married Mary Radoslavova Bachvarova, June 29, 1992. Children: Samuel, Oliver.