Facing Finnic – Some challenges to historical and contact linguistics

Title

Facing Finnic – Some challenges to historical and contact linguistics

Subject

Facing Finnic. Some challenges to historical and contact linguistics. [Papers from a symposium held in Tartu, August 2000.] Castrenianumin toimitteita 59. 2000. 234 p. (ISBN 952-5150-40-2) 12 €.

Description

Foreword. Hannele Forsberg, The Finnic potential mood and the potential of Finnic. Riho Grünthal, Typological characteristics of the Finnic languages: a reappraisal. Cornelius Hasselblatt, The Finnic verb pattern: clues to (morpho)syntactic change? Petri Kallio, Posti's superstrate theory at the threshold of a new millennium. Eino Koponen, Zu Methoden und Prinzipien der ostseefinnischen Etymologie: der rätselhafte Mensch. Johanna Laakso, Sound history vs. historical morphology: some Finnic problems. Krista Ojutkangas, Grammaticalising habitive constructions in Finnic: käsi 'hand' in Estonian and Finnish. Karl Pajusalu, Alternation of e and a, ä in non-initial syllables in the southern group of the Finnic languages. Helka Riionheimo, When sisters meet: Ingrian Finnish and Estonian. Anneli Sarhimaa, Neighbours getting together in Karelia. Bernhard Wälchli, Livonian in a genetic, areal and typological perspective, or is Finnish better Finnic than Livonian? Nina Zajceva, Das Verhältnis von Regeln und Ausnahmen in der Grammatik des wepsischen Verbs.

Creator

Johanna Laakso (ed.)

Publisher

Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, Helsingin yliopisto

Date

2000

Format

Fyysinen nide

Language

English