The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages

Bibliographic Data

ID23792854
EditorsMarianne Bakró-Nagy (0000-0001-6764-9005, Professor Emerita, Research Institute for Linguistics - Budapest), Johanna Laakso (0000-0002-4892-9885, Professor of Finno-Ugric Studies, University of Vienna), Elena Skribnik (Professor Emerita at the Institute of Finno-Ugric and Uralic Studies, Ludwig Maximilan University of Munich)
Year2022
Publication date2022-03-24
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueOxford Guide to the Uralic Languages (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780198767664.001.0001
OpenAlexW4283333319
ISBN9780198767664
LanguageEN
Citations received19

The Uralic (Finno-Ugric) languages, the second largest language family in Europe, including three European nation-state languages (Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian) and a number of minority languages in Northern Eurasia, look back to a long history of research. However, a major part of this research has been conducted within diverse national traditions and institutions, it is often poorly available or available only in languages such as Russian, Finnish, or Hungarian. The aim of this book is to offer an accessible introduction to the Uralic languages, especially for linguists and students of linguistics interested in the history, typology, development, and contacts of this language family. The first part of the book includes both an historical introduction to the reconstructed Proto-Uralic and its divergence into today’s languages, and brief overviews of the status, use, and cultivation of the Uralic languages: codification and standardization, language policies and language planning, endangerment and revitalization. The second part consists of concise descriptions of the Uralic languages, and the third part includes cross-Uralic comparative studies on typologically interesting issues such as case, negation, clause structure, or information structuring.

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