Mervi De Heer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6855484 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mervi De Heer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mervi |
| FAMILY NAME | De Heer |
| SIGNATURE | DE HEER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2934-8951 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Stability of meanings in basic vocabulary lists of Uralic languages
Meanings in basic vocabulary lists are expected to be stable. In the literature, various basic vocabulary lists have been proposed that are founded on various criteria, with stability being a key criterion. However, the stability of basic meanings and to what degree popular lists fit these is rarely assessed for whole language families. In this paper, we define stability as resistance to borrowing, and we examine quantitatively how prone to borro…
Loanwords in Basic Vocabulary as an Indicator of Borrowing Profiles
Loanwords carry information on linguistic interactions, and can also reveal (pre-)historical population contacts. The contact history of a particular language family is an essential component of historical linguistics, but it is also illuminating for integrative studies of the human past. However, data availability and the time-consuming nature of etymology mean that comprehensive research on loanword layers exists for relatively few languages, f…
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Loanwords in Basic Vocabulary as an Indicator of Borrowing Profiles
Loanwords carry information on linguistic interactions, and can also reveal (pre-)historical population contacts. The contact history of a particular language family is an essential component of historical linguistics, but it is also illuminating for integrative studies of the human past. However, data availability and the time-consuming nature of etymology mean that comprehensive research on loanword layers exists for relatively few languages, f…
Stability of meanings in basic vocabulary lists of Uralic languages
Meanings in basic vocabulary lists are expected to be stable. In the literature, various basic vocabulary lists have been proposed that are founded on various criteria, with stability being a key criterion. However, the stability of basic meanings and to what degree popular lists fit these is rarely assessed for whole language families. In this paper, we define stability as resistance to borrowing, and we examine quantitatively how prone to borro…
Linguistics and language evolution (2 works) · Vocabulary (2 works) · Basic Research (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Etymology (1 works) · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (1 works) · Language and cultural evolution (1 works) · Language contact (1 works)