Uralic Languages

The Uralic Languages, second edition, is a reference book which brings together detailed discussions of the historical development and specialized linguistic structures and features of the languages in the Uralic family.

List of contents

List of contributors
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction to the Uralic languages, with special reference to Finnish and Hungarian
Daniel Abondolo and Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi
2. On the demography, endangerment, and revitalization of the Uralic languages
Tapani Salminen
3. Reconstruction of Proto-Uralic
Mikhail Zhivlov
4. Connections between Uralic and other Language Families
Stefan Georg
5. Notes on the history of Uralic linguistics
Péter Simoncsics
6. South Saami
Torbjörn Söder
7. Skolt Saami
Timothy Feist
8. North and Standard Estonian
Reili Argus and Helle Metslang
9. Võro South Estonian
Helen Plado, Liina Lindström and Sulev Iva
10. The Finnic Languages
Riho Grünthal
11. Moksha Mordvin
Jack Rueter
12. Mari
Jeremy Bradley and Jorma Luutonen
13. Udmurt
Pirkko Suihkonen
14. Zyrian Komi
Rogier Blokland
15. Mansi
Susanna Virtanen and Csilla Horváth
16. Khanty
Márta Csepregi
17. Nganasan
Beáta Wagner-Nagy
18. Enets
Olesya Khanina and Andrey Shluinsky
19. Nenets
Nikolett Mus
20. Selkup
Gerson Klumpp and Josefina Budzisch
21. Relative clauses in Uralic
Ksenia Shagal
22. Definiteness
Merlijn de Smit and Gwen Eva Janda
Index

About the author

Daniel Abondolo was Reader in Hungarian at University College London, UK.
Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi is Associate Professor of Finnish and Minority Languages at University College London, UK, and Senior Lecturer in Finnish and Finno-Ugric Languages at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Summary

The Uralic Languages, second edition, is a reference book which brings together detailed discussions of the historical development and specialized linguistic structures and features of the languages in the Uralic family.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel (University College London Abondolo
• Assisted by: Daniel Abondolo (Editor), Abondolo Daniel (Editor), Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032436562
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3243656-2
• No. of pages: 1016
• Series: Routledge Language Family Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; Linguistics, REFERENCE / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)