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Contents Turkic Languages, Volume 1/1-2, 1997 Editorial note, 1 Editorial note by Lars Johanson, 157 Obituary Even Hovdhaugen: Kaare Thomsen Hansen (1924-1997), 159 Articles Lars Johanson: An anchorage for Turkic language studies, 2 Karl Heinrich Menges: Der neuen Zeitschrift Turkic Languages zum Geleit, 5 Bernard Comrie: Turkic languages and linguistic typology, 12 Geoffrey L. Lewis: Turkish language reform: the episode of the Sun-Language Theory , 23 Hendrik Boeschoten & Ad Backus: Code-switching and ongoing linguistic change, 40 Marcel Erdal: Further notes on the Irk Bitig, 63 Rmy Dor: Counting-out rhymes of Turkey, 102 Claus Schnig: A new attempt to classify the Turkic languages (1), 118 Bernt Brendemoen: Some remarks on the -mIs past in the Eastern Black Sea coast dialects, 161 Geoffrey Haig: Turkish relative clauses: A tale of two participles, 184 Talt Tekin: The first Altnkl inscription, 210 Gunnar Jarring: The toponym Takla-makan, 227 Stephen A. Wurm: Two Turkic-based hybrid languages in northwestern China, 241 Marc Vandamme & Hansje Braam: The Central Asian Languages Corpora project (CALC). I: Modern Uzbek, 254 Claus Schnig: A new attempt to classify the Turkic languages (2), 262 Reports Hans Nugteren & Marti Roos: The 39th meeting of the PIAC, 135 Jurij V. Shcheka: Present-day Turcology at Moscow University, 278 Ltfiye Oktar: The 8th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics, 283 Reviews Klra Agyagsi: Review of I. M. Agisev et alii, Basqort te`le`ne hdle`ge` I-II, 143 Peter Bakker: Review of Otto Ladsttter & Andreas Tietze, Die Abdal (ynu) in Xinjiang, 145 Ahmet Kocaman: Review of mer Demircan, Trkenin sesdizim, 148 Edhem Tenishev: Review of B. O. Oruzbaeva, Sz - Word, 149 Sumru A. zsoy: Review of Gerjan van Schaaik, Studies in Turkish grammar, 295 rpd Berta: Review of Lars Johanson, Strukturelle Faktoren in trkischen Sprachkontakten, 302 rpd Berta: Review of Marek Stachowski, Studien zum Wortschatz der jakutischen bersetzung des Neuen Testaments, 307 Fahrnnisa Bilecik Kahraman: Review of Emine Grsoy-Naskali (ed.), Bozkrdan bagmszlga Manas, 309 Erdal Sahin: Review of Emine Ceylan, uvas ataszleri ve deyimleri, 312 Turkic Languages: Style sheet, 152 Turkic Languages, Volume 2, 1998, Number 1 Editorial note by Lars Johanson, 1 Articles Gregory D. S. Anderson: Historical aspects of Yakut (Saxa) phonology, 3 rpd Berta: On the Turkic origin of the names of the Hungarian tribes, 32 Arienne M. Dwyer: The Turkic strata of Salar: An Oghuz in Chaghatay clothes?, 49 Andrej L. Malchukov: Possessor ascension phenomena in Altaic languages in a cross-linguistic perspective, 84 Wolfgang-E. Scharlipp: Two Eastern Turki texts about reading and writing, 109 Marek Stachowski: An example of Nganasan-Dolgan linguistic contact, 126 Claus Schnig: A new attempt to classify the Turkic languages (3), 130 Reviews zlem Ylmaz: Review of Hamza Zlfikar, Trkede ses yansmal kelimeler, 152 Victor A. Friedman: Review of Alf Grannes, Turco-Bulgarica. Articles in English and French concerning Turkish influence on Bulgarian, 154 Turkic Languages, Volume 2, 1998, Number 2 Editorial note by Lars Johanson, 159 Obituary Gunnar Jarring: Nikolaj Aleksandrovic Baskakov (22.03.1905-26.08.1996), 161 Dmitrij M. Nasilov: In memory of Nikolaj Aleksandrovic Baskakov, 163 Articles Christiane Bulut: Copied strategies of clause combining. Relativization in Middle Ottoman Turkish, 171 Michael Dobrovolsky: The stressing of Russian loanwords in Asmarin's Materialy, 198 Robert J. Ermers: Soviet opinions on the history of literary Qazaq, 215 Stphane Grivelet: An attempt to change the official script of Mongolia, 233 Sergej G. Kljastornyj: Al-Biruni's version of an old Turkic genealogical legend. On the semantics of Turkic baraq, 247 Irina Nevskaja: The revival of the Shor literary language, 253 Klaus Rhrborn: Restrukturierte Lexeme in der trkischen Sprachreform, 270 Report Helga Anetshofer: Some remarks on Andreas Tietze's forthcoming Turkish lexicon, 284 Reviews Geoffrey Haig: Review of Journal of Turkology 1-2, 308 Michael Hess: Review of Tlat Tekin & Mehmet lmez, Trk dilleri. Les langues turques, 317 Mark Kirchner: Review of Hannah Neudecker, The Turkish Bible translation by Yahya bin 'Ishak, also called Haki, 320