Helle Metslang
Biographic Data
| ID | 1714892 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helle Metslang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helle |
| FAMILY NAME | Metslang |
| SIGNATURE | METSLANG H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of the Estonian Language |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6397-6532 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Kolme (inter)subjektiivsusmarkeri lugu
Polüseemsetel sõnadel ehk, äkki ja järsku on erinevaid tähendusi ja kasutusi, kuid kõigile kolmele ühine on toimimine episteemilise modaalsuse partiklina. Ehk on eesti keeles tõenäoliselt alati partiklina toiminud. Äkki on korpuseandmete põhjal hakanud toimima ka modaalpartiklina 20. sajandi jooksul. Äkki sünonüümil järsku leidub mõningaid kasutusi modaalpartiklina, kuid partiklistumine on veel üsna algusjärgus. Alles kujuneva partiklina kopeerib…
Partitive, genitive or nominative
The object has two variants in Estonian: partial object (in partitive, the functionally unmarked variant) and total object (in genitive or nominative). We examine the variation in object case in Estonian texts from the 17th to the 20th century, focusing on the 19th century and regarding this variation as an indicator in assessing the sociolinguistic variation of Estonian in texts. The texts of Old Literary Estonian were written by German scholars…
Livonian polar questions in their areal context
This paper analyses strategies for forming polar questions and their historical sources in the two main varieties of Livonian – Courland Livonian and Salaca Livonian. The results reveal that the main means for marking polar questions in both varieties are sentence-initial particles. Their usage is compared to the means found in other varieties spoken in the Central Baltic area. This micro-areal comparison offers an in-depth analysis of the main p…
Komplementlausega predikaatidel põhinevate diskursusemarkerite kasutus eri registrites
Artiklis käsitleme diskursusemarkereid, mis on kujunenud kõnelejat tähistava tegevussubjektiga pealausest, millele järgneb komplementlause (Ma arvan, et see kana on surnud.). Selliseid markereid nimetatakse ingliskeelse terminiga complement-taking predicate markers (CTP-markers), meie kasutame eestikeelset terminit komplementlausega predikaatidel põhinevad markerid, lühidalt KP-markerid. KP-markerid esinevad eri keeltes (nt ingl I think, I guess…
Ma kardan, et meie õnned on üksteisest eemal. (Inter)subjektiivne diskursusemarker (ma) kardan (et)
Esmapilgul tundub verbiga kartma kõik selge olevat: see väljendab subjekti emotsionaalset seisundit, hirmunud olekut, mida põhjustab võimalik oht. Karta võib kurja koera, tigedat naabrit, äikest, sõda, koroonat, ebaõnnestumist ja mida kõike. Aga mis oht ähvardab seda, kes ütleb: Kardan, et olete valesti aru saanud või Ma kardan, et meie õnned on üksteisest eemal? Nendes näidetes [...]
Diskursusemarkerid ja pragmaatika. Sissejuhatuseks
Käesoleva numbri teemaks on diskursusemarkerite hulka kuuluvad pragmaatilised partiklid ja komplementlausega predikaadil põhinevad markerid (KP-markerid) ning nende kasutamine eesti, liivi, isuri, udmurdi, komi ja ersa keeles. Diskursusemarkeri mõiste varieerub: siinse teemanumbri kontseptsioon toetub käsitusele, mille kohaselt on diskursusemarker n-ö katustermin. See hõlmab nii üksikuid sõnu (nt küll, ju, ometi, nähtavasti) kui ka pikemaid kindl…
Kuue (inter)subjektiivsuspartikli kasutus eesti keele registrites
The use of six (inter)subjectivity particles in Estonian registers The article analyzes the usage of three epistemic particles (vist, ilmselt, tegelikult) and three attitude particles (Ãμnneks, kahjuks, paraku) in texts belonging to different registers of Estonian: spoken interaction (institutional and everyday), online texts (instant messaging and comments), printed texts (prose fiction, journalism, and academic texts). The research material com…
Ei saa me läbi “Pragmaatika” korpuseta. Korpuspragmaatika ja pragmaatikakorpus
Within the project “Pragmatics above grammar: Subjectivity and intersubjectivity in Estonian registers and text types” (PRG341) we are studying the expression of subjectivity and intersubjectivity in different written and spoken registers of modern Estonian. We focus on adverbs that function as discourse markers (e.g. vist ‘maybe, probably’, ilmselt ‘apparently, obviously’, tegelikult ‘actually’), markers that develop from main clauses containing…
The South Estonian language islands in the context of the Central Baltic area
This article offers a comparative analysis of several morphosyntactic and phonological features in the South Estonian language islands: Leivu, Lutsi, and Kraasna. The objective is to give an overview of the distribution of selected features, their (in)stability over time, and discuss their form and use in a broader areal context. To achieve this goal, comparative information was also included from the closest cognate varieties (Estonian and the S…
Diskursusemarker (ma) arvan (et)
The discourse marker (ma) arvan (et) â i thinkâ The article analyzes the usage of variants of the discourse marker (ma) arvan (et) in different registers of Estonian. The use of this marker is compared in 15 text groups, which can be grouped into three registers: printed texts, online texts and spoken texts. The research material comes from the corpora available on Keeleveeb as well as corpora of spoken language and online conversations and conta…
Introduction
Variation is a universal phenomenon permeating language, culture, and the entire worldview. It characterizes human linguistic ability in the broadest sense. The current edition focuses on language variation which is examined from different angles: concentrating on the stability or variability of different levels and components of language, comparing morphosyntactic and semantic patterns in different languages, examining how mechanisms of human co…
Kas rahvusel on kohta lingvisti peas
Pealkirjaks olev küsimus kasvas välja ühe hea kolleegi reaktsioonist, kui teda oli kutsutud kaasa arutlema seminaril „Humanitaarteaduste roll rahvuse (de)konstrueerimise protsessis”. Kolleegi väitel ei saa tema üldse aru, et keeleteadus ja rahvusküsimus mingis punktis kokku puutuksid: tema ajus olla need täiesti eraldi, vaat et üks ühes ja teine teises poolkeras. Siis nii, nagu skemaatiliselt kujutatud [...]
Pikad jäljed eesti keeleteaduses
12. märtsil 2016 tähistab oma 75. sünnipäeva Tartu Ülikooli emeriitprofessor Mati Erelt. Küsimusi senistest, praegustest ja edasistest töödest-tegemistest esitas juubilarile Helle Metslang. Mida ja keda meenutaksid oma õpinguajast? Õppisin Tartu ülikoolis nn kuldsetel kuuekümnendatel, tudengina kümnendi esimesel, aspirandina teisel poolel. Eesti keeleteaduses oli see pöördeline aeg. Huno Rätsep oli ülikooli toonud strukturaalse lingvistika ja gen…
Negation in Livonian
The paper gives an overview of negation in Livonian. The study is based on fieldwork data and previous research. Livonian has negation markers of three types: (1) auxiliaries, äb in the indicative and conditional present, iz in the indicative past, and alā in the imperative and the jussive; (2) particle mittõ is used to reinforce negation and to mark the scope of the constituent negation; (3) particle äp functions as a prosentence. All categories…
Eesti keel omas ruumis
Kui võtta keeleuurimist pigem jumaliku tõe otsinguna kui hookuspookusena (vt nt Mulder 1993: 141), jõuame varem või hiljem huvini selle vastu, mida on keeltes ühist, sarnast või erinevat ja mis võiks seda põhjustada, kuidas keeleline materjal ja vormivõtted levivad. Keeltes peegelduvad nende kõnelejate suhtlusvõimalused senise asustusloo, infolevi- ja liikumisvõimaluste piires, nii seostuvad ühisjooned tihti geograafilise [...]
Developmental paths of interrogative particles
The primary means for expressing polar questions in Estonian are particles positioned at the beginning or the end of a sentence. We trace the development of these question particles from the seventeenth century until to the present day. In the course of time new particles emerged and older ones changed their function. Such functional shifts included, among others, the loss of negative or affirmative polarity, the loss of interrogativity, or the a…
Estonian grammar between Finnic and SAE
Estonian has in the course of historical changes become more distant from the other Finnic languages and has acquired some features of Indo-European and/or Standard Average European. The article compares some structural features between Estonian, Finnish, Standard Average European, and German and Russian. Estonian and Finnish have grown apart typologically while retaining their main structure and are to the same extent peripheral with regard to S…
Evidentiality in South Estonian
The article begins by characterizing the possibilities of expressing evidentiality in Estonian.It will then provide an account of the various types of the quotative in South Estonian with a focus on the na-marked forms in the Tartu dialect.We will discuss the functions of the na-forms and their relation to the nu-marked past participle, which is also used in the same dialect to express the quotative.The final part of the article makes an attempt …
Partitive, genitive or nominative
The object has two variants in Estonian: partial object (in partitive, the functionally unmarked variant) and total object (in genitive or nominative). We examine the variation in object case in Estonian texts from the 17th to the 20th century, focusing on the 19th century and regarding this variation as an indicator in assessing the sociolinguistic variation of Estonian in texts. The texts of Old Literary Estonian were written by German scholars…
The South Estonian language islands in the context of the Central Baltic area
This article offers a comparative analysis of several morphosyntactic and phonological features in the South Estonian language islands: Leivu, Lutsi, and Kraasna. The objective is to give an overview of the distribution of selected features, their (in)stability over time, and discuss their form and use in a broader areal context. To achieve this goal, comparative information was also included from the closest cognate varieties (Estonian and the S…
Evidentiality in South Estonian
The article begins by characterizing the possibilities of expressing evidentiality in Estonian.It will then provide an account of the various types of the quotative in South Estonian with a focus on the na-marked forms in the Tartu dialect.We will discuss the functions of the na-forms and their relation to the nu-marked past participle, which is also used in the same dialect to express the quotative.The final part of the article makes an attempt …
Estonian grammar between Finnic and SAE
Estonian has in the course of historical changes become more distant from the other Finnic languages and has acquired some features of Indo-European and/or Standard Average European. The article compares some structural features between Estonian, Finnish, Standard Average European, and German and Russian. Estonian and Finnish have grown apart typologically while retaining their main structure and are to the same extent peripheral with regard to S…
Developmental paths of interrogative particles
The primary means for expressing polar questions in Estonian are particles positioned at the beginning or the end of a sentence. We trace the development of these question particles from the seventeenth century until to the present day. In the course of time new particles emerged and older ones changed their function. Such functional shifts included, among others, the loss of negative or affirmative polarity, the loss of interrogativity, or the a…
Eesti keel omas ruumis
Kui võtta keeleuurimist pigem jumaliku tõe otsinguna kui hookuspookusena (vt nt Mulder 1993: 141), jõuame varem või hiljem huvini selle vastu, mida on keeltes ühist, sarnast või erinevat ja mis võiks seda põhjustada, kuidas keeleline materjal ja vormivõtted levivad. Keeltes peegelduvad nende kõnelejate suhtlusvõimalused senise asustusloo, infolevi- ja liikumisvõimaluste piires, nii seostuvad ühisjooned tihti geograafilise [...]
Negation in Livonian
The paper gives an overview of negation in Livonian. The study is based on fieldwork data and previous research. Livonian has negation markers of three types: (1) auxiliaries, äb in the indicative and conditional present, iz in the indicative past, and alā in the imperative and the jussive; (2) particle mittõ is used to reinforce negation and to mark the scope of the constituent negation; (3) particle äp functions as a prosentence. All categories…
Pikad jäljed eesti keeleteaduses
12. märtsil 2016 tähistab oma 75. sünnipäeva Tartu Ülikooli emeriitprofessor Mati Erelt. Küsimusi senistest, praegustest ja edasistest töödest-tegemistest esitas juubilarile Helle Metslang. Mida ja keda meenutaksid oma õpinguajast? Õppisin Tartu ülikoolis nn kuldsetel kuuekümnendatel, tudengina kümnendi esimesel, aspirandina teisel poolel. Eesti keeleteaduses oli see pöördeline aeg. Huno Rätsep oli ülikooli toonud strukturaalse lingvistika ja gen…
Kas rahvusel on kohta lingvisti peas
Pealkirjaks olev küsimus kasvas välja ühe hea kolleegi reaktsioonist, kui teda oli kutsutud kaasa arutlema seminaril „Humanitaarteaduste roll rahvuse (de)konstrueerimise protsessis”. Kolleegi väitel ei saa tema üldse aru, et keeleteadus ja rahvusküsimus mingis punktis kokku puutuksid: tema ajus olla need täiesti eraldi, vaat et üks ühes ja teine teises poolkeras. Siis nii, nagu skemaatiliselt kujutatud [...]
Diskursusemarker (ma) arvan (et)
The discourse marker (ma) arvan (et) â i thinkâ The article analyzes the usage of variants of the discourse marker (ma) arvan (et) in different registers of Estonian. The use of this marker is compared in 15 text groups, which can be grouped into three registers: printed texts, online texts and spoken texts. The research material comes from the corpora available on Keeleveeb as well as corpora of spoken language and online conversations and conta…
Introduction
Variation is a universal phenomenon permeating language, culture, and the entire worldview. It characterizes human linguistic ability in the broadest sense. The current edition focuses on language variation which is examined from different angles: concentrating on the stability or variability of different levels and components of language, comparing morphosyntactic and semantic patterns in different languages, examining how mechanisms of human co…
Kuue (inter)subjektiivsuspartikli kasutus eesti keele registrites
The use of six (inter)subjectivity particles in Estonian registers The article analyzes the usage of three epistemic particles (vist, ilmselt, tegelikult) and three attitude particles (Ãμnneks, kahjuks, paraku) in texts belonging to different registers of Estonian: spoken interaction (institutional and everyday), online texts (instant messaging and comments), printed texts (prose fiction, journalism, and academic texts). The research material com…
Ei saa me läbi “Pragmaatika” korpuseta. Korpuspragmaatika ja pragmaatikakorpus
Within the project “Pragmatics above grammar: Subjectivity and intersubjectivity in Estonian registers and text types” (PRG341) we are studying the expression of subjectivity and intersubjectivity in different written and spoken registers of modern Estonian. We focus on adverbs that function as discourse markers (e.g. vist ‘maybe, probably’, ilmselt ‘apparently, obviously’, tegelikult ‘actually’), markers that develop from main clauses containing…
The South Estonian language islands in the context of the Central Baltic area
This article offers a comparative analysis of several morphosyntactic and phonological features in the South Estonian language islands: Leivu, Lutsi, and Kraasna. The objective is to give an overview of the distribution of selected features, their (in)stability over time, and discuss their form and use in a broader areal context. To achieve this goal, comparative information was also included from the closest cognate varieties (Estonian and the S…
Livonian polar questions in their areal context
This paper analyses strategies for forming polar questions and their historical sources in the two main varieties of Livonian – Courland Livonian and Salaca Livonian. The results reveal that the main means for marking polar questions in both varieties are sentence-initial particles. Their usage is compared to the means found in other varieties spoken in the Central Baltic area. This micro-areal comparison offers an in-depth analysis of the main p…
Komplementlausega predikaatidel põhinevate diskursusemarkerite kasutus eri registrites
Artiklis käsitleme diskursusemarkereid, mis on kujunenud kõnelejat tähistava tegevussubjektiga pealausest, millele järgneb komplementlause (Ma arvan, et see kana on surnud.). Selliseid markereid nimetatakse ingliskeelse terminiga complement-taking predicate markers (CTP-markers), meie kasutame eestikeelset terminit komplementlausega predikaatidel põhinevad markerid, lühidalt KP-markerid. KP-markerid esinevad eri keeltes (nt ingl I think, I guess…
Ma kardan, et meie õnned on üksteisest eemal. (Inter)subjektiivne diskursusemarker (ma) kardan (et)
Esmapilgul tundub verbiga kartma kõik selge olevat: see väljendab subjekti emotsionaalset seisundit, hirmunud olekut, mida põhjustab võimalik oht. Karta võib kurja koera, tigedat naabrit, äikest, sõda, koroonat, ebaõnnestumist ja mida kõike. Aga mis oht ähvardab seda, kes ütleb: Kardan, et olete valesti aru saanud või Ma kardan, et meie õnned on üksteisest eemal? Nendes näidetes [...]
Diskursusemarkerid ja pragmaatika. Sissejuhatuseks
Käesoleva numbri teemaks on diskursusemarkerite hulka kuuluvad pragmaatilised partiklid ja komplementlausega predikaadil põhinevad markerid (KP-markerid) ning nende kasutamine eesti, liivi, isuri, udmurdi, komi ja ersa keeles. Diskursusemarkeri mõiste varieerub: siinse teemanumbri kontseptsioon toetub käsitusele, mille kohaselt on diskursusemarker n-ö katustermin. See hõlmab nii üksikuid sõnu (nt küll, ju, ometi, nähtavasti) kui ka pikemaid kindl…
Kolme (inter)subjektiivsusmarkeri lugu
Polüseemsetel sõnadel ehk, äkki ja järsku on erinevaid tähendusi ja kasutusi, kuid kõigile kolmele ühine on toimimine episteemilise modaalsuse partiklina. Ehk on eesti keeles tõenäoliselt alati partiklina toiminud. Äkki on korpuseandmete põhjal hakanud toimima ka modaalpartiklina 20. sajandi jooksul. Äkki sünonüümil järsku leidub mõningaid kasutusi modaalpartiklina, kuid partiklistumine on veel üsna algusjärgus. Alles kujuneva partiklina kopeerib…
Partitive, genitive or nominative
The object has two variants in Estonian: partial object (in partitive, the functionally unmarked variant) and total object (in genitive or nominative). We examine the variation in object case in Estonian texts from the 17th to the 20th century, focusing on the 19th century and regarding this variation as an indicator in assessing the sociolinguistic variation of Estonian in texts. The texts of Old Literary Estonian were written by German scholars…
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