
The Uralic Languages
Routledge (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 29. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
1016 pages
978-1-032-43656-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
The Uralic languages are spoken today in a vast geographical area stretching from Dalarna County in Sweden to Dudinka, Taimyr, Russia. There are currently approximately 50 languages in the group, the largest one among them being the state languages Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian; other Uralic languages covered in the book are South Saami, Skolt Saami, Voro, Moksha Mordvin, Mari, Udmurt, Zyrian Komi, Mansi, Khanty, Nganasan, Forest and Tundra Enets, Nenets, and Selkup. The book also contains a chapter on Finnic languages, the reconstruction of Uralic, the history of Uralic studies, connections of Uralic to other language families, and language names, demographics, and degrees of endangerment. This second and thoroughly revised edition updates and augments the authoritative accounts of the first edition and reflects recent and ongoing developments in linguistics and the languages themselves, as well as our further enhanced understanding of the relations and patterns of influence between them. Each chapter combines modern linguistic analysis and documentary linguistics; a relatively uniform structure allows for easy typological comparison between the individual languages.
Written by an international team of experts, The Uralic Languages will be invaluable to students and researchers within linguistics, folklore, and Siberian studies.
The Uralic languages are spoken today in a vast geographical area stretching from Dalarna County in Sweden to Dudinka, Taimyr, Russia. There are currently approximately 50 languages in the group, the largest one among them being the state languages Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian; other Uralic languages covered in the book are South Saami, Skolt Saami, Voro, Moksha Mordvin, Mari, Udmurt, Zyrian Komi, Mansi, Khanty, Nganasan, Forest and Tundra Enets, Nenets, and Selkup. The book also contains a chapter on Finnic languages, the reconstruction of Uralic, the history of Uralic studies, connections of Uralic to other language families, and language names, demographics, and degrees of endangerment. This second and thoroughly revised edition updates and augments the authoritative accounts of the first edition and reflects recent and ongoing developments in linguistics and the languages themselves, as well as our further enhanced understanding of the relations and patterns of influence between them. Each chapter combines modern linguistic analysis and documentary linguistics; a relatively uniform structure allows for easy typological comparison between the individual languages.
Written by an international team of experts, The Uralic Languages will be invaluable to students and researchers within linguistics, folklore, and Siberian studies.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate
Illustrations
7 s/w Zeichnungen, 413 s/w Tabellen, 12 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 19 s/w Abbildungen
413 Tables, black and white; 7 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Halftones, black and white; 19 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 55 mm
Weight
1536 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-43656-2 (9781032436562)
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Persons
Daniel Abondolo was Reader in Hungarian at University College London, UK.
Riitta-Liisa Valijaervi 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.
Riitta-Liisa Valijaervi 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.
Content
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 Valijaervi
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
Peter Simoncsics
6. South Saami
Torbjoern Soeder
7. Skolt Saami
Timothy Feist
8. North and Standard Estonian
Reili Argus and Helle Metslang
9. Voro South Estonian
Helen Plado, Liina Lindstroem and Sulev Iva
10. The Finnic Languages
Riho Gruenthal
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 Horvath
16. Khanty
Marta Csepregi
17. Nganasan
Beata 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
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction to the Uralic languages, with special reference to Finnish and Hungarian
Daniel Abondolo and Riitta-Liisa Valijaervi
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
Peter Simoncsics
6. South Saami
Torbjoern Soeder
7. Skolt Saami
Timothy Feist
8. North and Standard Estonian
Reili Argus and Helle Metslang
9. Voro South Estonian
Helen Plado, Liina Lindstroem and Sulev Iva
10. The Finnic Languages
Riho Gruenthal
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 Horvath
16. Khanty
Marta Csepregi
17. Nganasan
Beata 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