Matti Miestamo
Biographic Data
| ID | 821642 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matti Miestamo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matti |
| FAMILY NAME | Miestamo |
| SIGNATURE | MIESTAMO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9801-9030 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sampling matters
Article Sampling matters: commentary on “Replication and methodological robustness in quantitative typology” by Becker and Guzmán Naranjo was published on July 25, 2025 in the journal Linguistic Typology (volume 0, issue 0)
Asymmetry in temporal specification between affirmation and negation
One cross-linguistically recurrent asymmetry between affirmation and negation is the neutralization of tense-aspect distinctions in negatives. A functional explanation proposed for this is that in their typical discourse context negatives have less need for temporal specification than affirmatives and in some languages this discourse preference is reflected as fewer tense-aspect distinctions in grammar. To examine whether such a discourse prefere…
A cross-linguistic study of lexical and derived antonymy
Antonymy is the lexical relation of opposition. The nature of the oppositeness may differ - e.g., contradictory ('true'-'false') or gradable ('tall'-'short') - and there may be variation as to the relationship in their formal encoding, whether the antonyms are expressed as distinct lexical forms (e.g., true vs. false) or if one form is derived from the other (e.g., true vs. untrue). We investigate the relationship between the two members of 37 an…
Drastic demographic events triggered the Uralic spread
The widespread Uralic family offers several advantages for tracing prehistory: a firm absolute chronological anchor point in an ancient contact episode with well-dated Indo-Iranian; other points of intersection or diagnostic non-intersection with early Indo-European (the Late Proto-Indo-European-speaking Yamnaya culture of the western steppe, the Afanasievo culture of the upper Yenisei, and the Fatyanovo culture of the middle Volga); lexical and …
Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen and Jacqueline Visconti
Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen and Jacqueline Visconti (eds.): The Diachrony of Negation. Studies in Language Companion Series 160. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2014
Negation in Uralic languages
A typological perspective on negation in Finnish dialects
This paper looks at negation in Finnish dialects from a typological perspective. The focus is on standard negation, i.e. the negation of declarative verbal main clauses. The dialectal variation that Finnish shows in its negative construction is examined in the light of current typological knowledge of the expression of negation. Developmental trends connected to the micro-typological variation are also discussed, Finnish dialects are compared wit…
New Challenges in Typology
The sixteen chapters in this volume are written by typologists and typologically oriented field linguists who have completed their Ph.D. theses in the first four years of this millennium. The authors address selected theoretical questions of general linguistic relevance drawing from a wealth of data hitherto unfamiliar to the general linguistic audience. The general aim is to broaden the horizons of typology by revisiting existing typologies with…
Negation - An Overview of Typological Research
This article is an overview of the current state of typological research on negation. Structures expressing standard negation - the negation of declarative verbal main clauses - can be classified on the basis of the status of the negative marker, or on the basis of the structure of the negative clause as a whole. Structural similarities and differences (symmetry and asymmetry) between negatives and affirmatives can be observed and classified into…
John A. Hawkins. Efficiency and complexity in grammars
John A. Hawkins. Efficiency and complexity in grammars
Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Erin Shay (2003). Explaining Language Structure through Systems Interaction
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Standard Negation
This book is the first cross-linguistic study of clausal negation based on an extensive and systematic language sample. Methodological issues, especially sampling, are discussed at length. Standard negation – the basic structural means languages have for negating declarative verbal main clauses – is typologized from a new perspective, paying attention to structural differences between affirmatives and negatives. In symmetric negation affirmative …
Towards a typology of standard negation
Standard negation is the basic sentential negation in a language. This article proposes a typology of standard negation that takes into account the whole negative construction and allows explanation of different negation types by different semantico-pragmatic background phenomena. There is semantic and pragmatic asymmetry between affirmation and negation, and this asymmetry is manifested in different ways in the morphosyntax of negative construct…
Negation - An Overview of Typological Research
This article is an overview of the current state of typological research on negation. Structures expressing standard negation - the negation of declarative verbal main clauses - can be classified on the basis of the status of the negative marker, or on the basis of the structure of the negative clause as a whole. Structural similarities and differences (symmetry and asymmetry) between negatives and affirmatives can be observed and classified into…
Towards a typology of standard negation
Standard negation is the basic sentential negation in a language. This article proposes a typology of standard negation that takes into account the whole negative construction and allows explanation of different negation types by different semantico-pragmatic background phenomena. There is semantic and pragmatic asymmetry between affirmation and negation, and this asymmetry is manifested in different ways in the morphosyntax of negative construct…
Standard Negation
This book is the first cross-linguistic study of clausal negation based on an extensive and systematic language sample. Methodological issues, especially sampling, are discussed at length. Standard negation – the basic structural means languages have for negating declarative verbal main clauses – is typologized from a new perspective, paying attention to structural differences between affirmatives and negatives. In symmetric negation affirmative …
John A. Hawkins. Efficiency and complexity in grammars
John A. Hawkins. Efficiency and complexity in grammars
Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Erin Shay (2003). Explaining Language Structure through Systems Interaction
Preview this article: Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Erin Shay (2003). Explaining Language Structure through Systems Interaction, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/sl.30.3.08mie-1.gif
New Challenges in Typology
The sixteen chapters in this volume are written by typologists and typologically oriented field linguists who have completed their Ph.D. theses in the first four years of this millennium. The authors address selected theoretical questions of general linguistic relevance drawing from a wealth of data hitherto unfamiliar to the general linguistic audience. The general aim is to broaden the horizons of typology by revisiting existing typologies with…
Negation - An Overview of Typological Research
This article is an overview of the current state of typological research on negation. Structures expressing standard negation - the negation of declarative verbal main clauses - can be classified on the basis of the status of the negative marker, or on the basis of the structure of the negative clause as a whole. Structural similarities and differences (symmetry and asymmetry) between negatives and affirmatives can be observed and classified into…
A typological perspective on negation in Finnish dialects
This paper looks at negation in Finnish dialects from a typological perspective. The focus is on standard negation, i.e. the negation of declarative verbal main clauses. The dialectal variation that Finnish shows in its negative construction is examined in the light of current typological knowledge of the expression of negation. Developmental trends connected to the micro-typological variation are also discussed, Finnish dialects are compared wit…
Negation in Uralic languages
Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen and Jacqueline Visconti
Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen and Jacqueline Visconti (eds.): The Diachrony of Negation. Studies in Language Companion Series 160. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2014
Drastic demographic events triggered the Uralic spread
The widespread Uralic family offers several advantages for tracing prehistory: a firm absolute chronological anchor point in an ancient contact episode with well-dated Indo-Iranian; other points of intersection or diagnostic non-intersection with early Indo-European (the Late Proto-Indo-European-speaking Yamnaya culture of the western steppe, the Afanasievo culture of the upper Yenisei, and the Fatyanovo culture of the middle Volga); lexical and …
A cross-linguistic study of lexical and derived antonymy
Antonymy is the lexical relation of opposition. The nature of the oppositeness may differ - e.g., contradictory ('true'-'false') or gradable ('tall'-'short') - and there may be variation as to the relationship in their formal encoding, whether the antonyms are expressed as distinct lexical forms (e.g., true vs. false) or if one form is derived from the other (e.g., true vs. untrue). We investigate the relationship between the two members of 37 an…
Sampling matters
Article Sampling matters: commentary on “Replication and methodological robustness in quantitative typology” by Becker and Guzmán Naranjo was published on July 25, 2025 in the journal Linguistic Typology (volume 0, issue 0)
Asymmetry in temporal specification between affirmation and negation
One cross-linguistically recurrent asymmetry between affirmation and negation is the neutralization of tense-aspect distinctions in negatives. A functional explanation proposed for this is that in their typical discourse context negatives have less need for temporal specification than affirmatives and in some languages this discourse preference is reflected as fewer tense-aspect distinctions in grammar. To examine whether such a discourse prefere…
Linguistics (12 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (8 works) · Mathematics (7 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (7 works) · Negation (7 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 works) · Typology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works)