historical linguistics lars johanson and eva agnes csato , eds . , the turkic languages turkic languages is the first reference book for almost forty years to bring together detailed discussions of the historic development and specialized linguistic structures and features of the languages in the turkic family . written by an international team of experts , turkic languages will be invaluable to students and researchers within linguistics , turcology and near eastern and oriental studies . routledge language family descriptions routledge : 1998 : 504 pp cl : 0 415 08200 5 : # d3380 : $ 160 . 00 daniel abondolo , ed , , the uralic languages this book provides a unique survey of individual uralic languages and sub-groupings from finnish to selkup and obugrian to samoyedic . giving both an overview and then detailed analyses of the uralic languages , the volume describes their history and development as well as focusing on their linguistic structure . each chapter is similarly-structured , designed for comparative study and including phonology , morphology , syntax , lexicon and sample text where available . each includes numerous tables to support and illustrate the text and bibliographies of the major references in each language to aid further study . routledge language family descriptions routledge : 1998 : 648 pp cl : 0 415 08198 x : # d3868 : $ 200 . 00 for more information on these and other titles from : routledge london * new york in north america : www . routledge-ny . com elsewhere : www . routledge . com