Birtalan Ágnes: Kalmyk Folklore and Folk Culture in the Mid-19th Century: Philological Studies on the Basis of Gábor Bálint of Szentkatolna’s Kalmyk Texts.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD 7 INTRODUCTION 8 The research journey among the Kalmyks (September 1871 - I2

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h May 1872 8 Recording the Kalmyk material 9 Brief Notes on Bálint's Methodology, Language Usage and Transcription 15 Contents of the Manuscript 16 Further Publications on the Basis of Bálint's Kalmyk Material 19 The Structure of the Present Volume and the Follow-up Projects on the Kalmyk Material 20 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SPECIAL SIGNS 22 TRANSCRIPTION OF KALMYK TEXTS 25 KALMYK VERNACULAR AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE 26 Kalmyk conversation 26 First Chapter 27 Second Chapter 27 Third Chapter 27 Fourth Chapter 28 Fifth Chapter 28 Sixth Chapter 28 Seventh Chapter 28 Eighth Chapter 29 Ninth Chapter 29 Tenth Chapter 29 Eleventh Chapter 30 Twelfth Chapter 30 Thirteenth Chapter 30 Fourteenth Chapter 30 The Everyday Talk and Conversation in Bálint's Material 31 Personal Letters and Official Submissions 31 To [my] very benevolent mother and father 32 To [my] faithful son Mushka 33 To the administration of the tribe Erketen 33 To the administration of the tribe Khoshuut 34 The Letters Recorded by Bálint in the Context of the Kalmyk Epistolography 35 Addressing of Letters 36 Some Remarks on the Style 38 FOLKLORE GENRES 39 Riddles 39 Bálint 's Kalmyk Riddles 43 Proverbs 48 Remarks on Bálint 's Proverbs 49 Blessings, Felicitations 50 On the Context of Bálint 's Records 53 Songs 55 First song 57 Second song 57 Third song 58 Fourth song 58 Fifth song 59 Sixth song 60 Seventh song 61 Eighth song 61