Generative Approaches to Finnic and Saami Linguistics (Volume 148) (Lecture Notes) - Softcover

 
9781575864129: Generative Approaches to Finnic and Saami Linguistics (Volume 148) (Lecture Notes)
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ISBN 10: 1575864126 ISBN 13: 9781575864129
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf, 2003

Synopsis

With unusual structural characteristics, Finnish and Saami offer interesting challenges to linguistic theories formulated around more popular languages. Grammatically, for instance, languages in the Finnic and Saami group utilize extensive systems of case inflection on nouns to signal a broad variety of relations that in almost all other languages require additional words. Phonologically, as another example, the phenomenon of "consonant gradation" is of particular interest to linguists.

This volume is the first to examine the phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics of Finnic and Saami languages within current generative linguistic frameworks. Collected here is research on these less-studies languages, some of which now face extinction.

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Publisher
Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1575864126
ISBN 13 
9781575864129
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
440
Editor
Nelson Diane, Manninen Satu

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