Saami linguistics
By: edited by Ida Toivonen, Diane Nelson.
Contributors: Toivonen, Ida.; Nelson, Diane Carlita, 1968-
Series: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science -- v. 288
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9789027248039
Subjects: Sami language
Description: "This volume is a collection of papers that present and investigate various linguistic aspects of the Saami languages. The purpose of the volume is twofold: to create a venue for new research in Saami linguistics, and, in addition, to serve as an introduction to the Saami languages for linguists."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-303) and index.
Table of contents: title: Etymological nativization of loanwords: a case study of Saami and Finnish / Ante Aikio; title: Grade alternation in Inari Saami and abstract declarative phonology / Patrik Bye; title: Productive syncretism in Saami inflectional morphology / Gunnar Ólafur Hansson; title: Roots and verbs in north Saami / Marit Julien; title: The instability of systems with ternary length distinctions: the Skolt Saami evidence / Zita McRobbie-Utasi; title: Events and case in Inari Saami / Diane Nelson; title: Verbal agreement in Inari Saami / Ida Toivonen.