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This book, now back in print having been unavailable for many years, is one of the most important contributions to Turkic and Mongolic linguistics, and to the contentious 'Altaic theory'. Proponents of the theory hold that Turkish is part of the Altaic family, and that Turkish accordingly exists in parallel with Mongolic and Tungusic-Manchu. Whatever the truth of this theory, Gerard Clauson's erudite and vigorously expressed views, based as they were on a remarkable knowledge of the lexicon of the Altaic languages and his outstanding work in the field of Turkish lexicography, continues to com

Turkic languages. --- Turkic languages --- Mongolian languages. --- Mongolian languages --- Altaic languages --- Mongolian philology --- Buriat language --- Tataric languages --- Turco-Tataric languages --- Turk languages --- Turko-Tataric languages --- History.

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Focusing on language and media in Asian Russia, particularly in Buryat territories, 'Mixed Messages' engages debates about the role of minority media in society, alternative visions of modernity, and the impact of media on everyday language use. Graber demonstrates that language and the production, circulation, and consumption of media are practices by which residents of the region perform and negotiate competing possible identities.

Ethnic mass media --- Mass media and ethnic relations --- Language policy --- Buriat language --- Buriats --- Ethnology --- Political aspects. --- Ethnic identity. --- Buri͡atii͡a (Russia) --- Ethnic relations. --- Communication, Media, linguistics, Russia, Eastern Europe.