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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, Võro, 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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Author:   Daniel Abondolo (University College London, UK) ,  Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   1.680kg
ISBN:  

9781138650848

ISBN 10:   1138650846
Pages:   1016
Publication Date:   31 March 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table 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

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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.

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