Saami Linguistics
Carleton University / University of Leeds
The papers in this volume describe and analyze an array of intriguing linguistic phenomena as they occur in the Saami languages, ranging from etymological nativization of loanwords to the formation of deadjectival and denominal verbs. Saami displays a number of characteristics that are unusual from a cross-linguistic perspective, including partial agreement on verbs, a three-way quantity distinction in consonants and spectacular consonant gradation. The eight papers presented here approach these and other issues from diverse theoretical perspectives in morphology, phonology, and syntax. The volume includes an extensive research bibliography which will be helpful for anyone interested in Saami linguistics.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 288]
2007.
viii, 321 pp.
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Table of Contents
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List of abbreviations
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viii
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Introduction
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1–16
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Etymological nativization of loanwords: A case study of Saami and Finnish
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17–52
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Grade alternation in Inari Saami and abstract declarative phonology
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53–90
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Productive syncretism in Saami inflectional morphology
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91–135
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Roots and verbs in North Saami
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137–166
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The instability of systems with ternary length distinctions: The Skolt Saami evidence
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167–205
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Events and case in Inari Saami
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207–225
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Verbal agreement in Inari Saami
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227–258
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Saami linguistics bibliography
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259–303
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Index
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305–321
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Subjects
Benjamins Subject classification
Linguistics
BIC Subject
CF/2FCL: Linguistics/Lappish (Sami)
BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics
U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2007028374