基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1998.
Full Description
This book provides a unique, up-to-date survey of individual Uralic languages and sub-groupings from Finnish to Selkup.
Spoken by more than 25 million native speakers, the Uralic languages have important cultural and social significance in Northern and Eastern Europe, as well as in immigrant communitites throughout Europe and North America. The introductory chapter gives an overview of the Uralic language family and is followed by 18 chapter-length descriptions of each language or sub-grouping, giving an analysis of their history and development as well as focusing on their linguistic structures.
Written by internationally recognised experts and based on the most recent scholarship available, the volume covers major languages - including the official national languages of Estonia, Finland and Hungary - and rarely-covered languages such as Mordva, Nganasan and Khanty. The 18 language chapters are similarly-structured, designed for comparative study and cover phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon. Those on individual languages also have sample text where available. Each chapter includes numerous tables to support and illustrate the text and bibliographies of the major references for each language to aid further study. The volume is comprehensively indexed.
This book will be invaluable to language students, experts requiring concise but thorough information on related languages and anyone working in historical, typological and comparative linguistics.
Contents
Introductory Chapter Daniel Abondolo, SSEES, University of London 1. Saamic languages Pekka Sammallahti, Finland 2. Baltic-Fennic languages Tiit-Rein Viitso, Estonia 3. Estonian Tiit-Rein Viitso, Estonia 4. Finnish Daniel Abondolo, SSEES, University of London 5. Mordva Gabor Zaicz, Linguistics Institute, Hungarian Academy of Science 6. Mari (Cheremis) Eeva Kangasmaa-Minn 7. Permian languages Timothy Riese, Austria 8. Udmurt (Votyak) Csucs Sandor, Hungary 9. Komi (Zyrian) Anne-Reet Hausenberg, Estonia 10. ObUgrian Laszlo Honti, Netherlands 11. Khanty (Ostyak) Daniel Abondolo SSEES, University of London 12. Mansi (Vogul) Laszlo Keresztes, Hungary 13. Hungarian Danial Abondolo, SSEES, University of London 14. Samoyedic languages Jaha Janhunen, Finland 15. Nganasan Eugene Helimski, Russia 16. Nenets Tapani Salminen, Finland 17. Selkup Eugene Helimski, Russia 18. Kamas Peter Simoncsis, Denmark Index
