Tiit-Rein Viitso
Biographic Data
| ID | 5646895 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tiit-Rein Viitso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tiit-Rein |
| FAMILY NAME | Viitso |
| SIGNATURE | VIITSO T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of the Estonian Language |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Der finnische Dativgenitiv auf der Basis des wolgafinnischen Genitivs
Nobufumi Inaba: Suomen datiivigenetiivin juuret vertailevan menetelmän valossa. [Der finnische Dativgenitiv im Licht der vergleichenden Methode.] Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 272. Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. Helsinki 2015. 413 S. + 62 S. Anhang (Diss.)
The essive in Livonian
In Livonian, there is a small set of word forms denoting locality or time and answering the questions where? and when?, and can be considered forms of the essive case on the basis of their case endings just as similar forms in other Finnic languages. The article studies these forms and related forms of the lative, sublative, and excessive case forms, answering the questions to where? to when?, and from where? from when?, and their history. In add…
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…
Expressions of obligation, duty, and necessity in Livonian
In Livonian, obligation, duty, and necessity are expressed mainly by means of constructions containing a finite form of the auxiliary verbs piḑīm ‘must’ and piḑīks ‘should have to’, tūlda ‘to come’, lǟ’dõ ‘to go’, vȱlda ‘to be’ and līdõ ‘shall, will’. The multitude of constructions can be reduced to eleven underlying constructional models consisting of three components: (a) the experiencer in the nominative or the experiencer in the dative (which…
Livonian and Leivu
Livonian and Leivu South Estonian, both spoken in Latvia, have a common word stem in the name of their language and people, and several phonetic innovations. In this article, the traditional Estonian-based etymology of the Estonian-based name of Livonians and Leivus and their language is refuted. The common stem comes probably from an unattested Old Norse name given for Livonia by the Scandinavians, and was later borrowed into Livonian and Leivu …
Survey of Previous Research on Livonian Prosody; 23-28
Livonian prosody is unique among the Uralic languages in that it contrasts short and long monophthongs, diphthongs, and triphthongs, prevocalic single and geminate consonants and word-final short and long consonants, word-final short and long consonants, and lexical tones. Studies on Livonian prosody have been written German, Finnish, English, and Estonian. Here a short survey of previous research and discussion on tone is presented
Livonian Gradation
Gradation consists of regular alternations of strong and weak grades of stressed syllables (and corresponding stems and words) in inflected words. In Livonian, gradation concerns words having both a short nuclear vowel and a heavy coda in the first syllable of strong-grade forms. A heavy coda is produced with the broken tone or it contains a phonetically half-long or full-long vowel or consonant in syllables with the plain tone. In weak-grade for…
On the Phonological Role of Stress, Quantity, and Stød in Livonian
Any phonological transcription besides reflecting all the relevant distinctions proper to a language must also grant the possibility of the most meaningful description of its productive morphological processes.Proceeding from this demand the problems connected with the phonological transcription of the complicated quantity system and sted are crucial for Livonian.Unfortunately, not quite enough is known about Livonian sted whose characteristic li…
Livonian Gradation
Gradation consists of regular alternations of strong and weak grades of stressed syllables (and corresponding stems and words) in inflected words. In Livonian, gradation concerns words having both a short nuclear vowel and a heavy coda in the first syllable of strong-grade forms. A heavy coda is produced with the broken tone or it contains a phonetically half-long or full-long vowel or consonant in syllables with the plain tone. In weak-grade for…
The essive in Livonian
In Livonian, there is a small set of word forms denoting locality or time and answering the questions where? and when?, and can be considered forms of the essive case on the basis of their case endings just as similar forms in other Finnic languages. The article studies these forms and related forms of the lative, sublative, and excessive case forms, answering the questions to where? to when?, and from where? from when?, and their history. In add…
On the Phonological Role of Stress, Quantity, and Stød in Livonian
Any phonological transcription besides reflecting all the relevant distinctions proper to a language must also grant the possibility of the most meaningful description of its productive morphological processes.Proceeding from this demand the problems connected with the phonological transcription of the complicated quantity system and sted are crucial for Livonian.Unfortunately, not quite enough is known about Livonian sted whose characteristic li…
Livonian and Leivu
Livonian and Leivu South Estonian, both spoken in Latvia, have a common word stem in the name of their language and people, and several phonetic innovations. In this article, the traditional Estonian-based etymology of the Estonian-based name of Livonians and Leivus and their language is refuted. The common stem comes probably from an unattested Old Norse name given for Livonia by the Scandinavians, and was later borrowed into Livonian and Leivu …
Survey of Previous Research on Livonian Prosody; 23-28
Livonian prosody is unique among the Uralic languages in that it contrasts short and long monophthongs, diphthongs, and triphthongs, prevocalic single and geminate consonants and word-final short and long consonants, word-final short and long consonants, and lexical tones. Studies on Livonian prosody have been written German, Finnish, English, and Estonian. Here a short survey of previous research and discussion on tone is presented
On the Phonological Role of Stress, Quantity, and Stød in Livonian
Any phonological transcription besides reflecting all the relevant distinctions proper to a language must also grant the possibility of the most meaningful description of its productive morphological processes.Proceeding from this demand the problems connected with the phonological transcription of the complicated quantity system and sted are crucial for Livonian.Unfortunately, not quite enough is known about Livonian sted whose characteristic li…
Survey of Previous Research on Livonian Prosody; 23-28
Livonian prosody is unique among the Uralic languages in that it contrasts short and long monophthongs, diphthongs, and triphthongs, prevocalic single and geminate consonants and word-final short and long consonants, word-final short and long consonants, and lexical tones. Studies on Livonian prosody have been written German, Finnish, English, and Estonian. Here a short survey of previous research and discussion on tone is presented
Livonian Gradation
Gradation consists of regular alternations of strong and weak grades of stressed syllables (and corresponding stems and words) in inflected words. In Livonian, gradation concerns words having both a short nuclear vowel and a heavy coda in the first syllable of strong-grade forms. A heavy coda is produced with the broken tone or it contains a phonetically half-long or full-long vowel or consonant in syllables with the plain tone. In weak-grade for…
Livonian and Leivu
Livonian and Leivu South Estonian, both spoken in Latvia, have a common word stem in the name of their language and people, and several phonetic innovations. In this article, the traditional Estonian-based etymology of the Estonian-based name of Livonians and Leivus and their language is refuted. The common stem comes probably from an unattested Old Norse name given for Livonia by the Scandinavians, and was later borrowed into Livonian and Leivu …
Expressions of obligation, duty, and necessity in Livonian
In Livonian, obligation, duty, and necessity are expressed mainly by means of constructions containing a finite form of the auxiliary verbs piḑīm ‘must’ and piḑīks ‘should have to’, tūlda ‘to come’, lǟ’dõ ‘to go’, vȱlda ‘to be’ and līdõ ‘shall, will’. The multitude of constructions can be reduced to eleven underlying constructional models consisting of three components: (a) the experiencer in the nominative or the experiencer in the dative (which…
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…
The essive in Livonian
In Livonian, there is a small set of word forms denoting locality or time and answering the questions where? and when?, and can be considered forms of the essive case on the basis of their case endings just as similar forms in other Finnic languages. The article studies these forms and related forms of the lative, sublative, and excessive case forms, answering the questions to where? to when?, and from where? from when?, and their history. In add…
Der finnische Dativgenitiv auf der Basis des wolgafinnischen Genitivs
Nobufumi Inaba: Suomen datiivigenetiivin juuret vertailevan menetelmän valossa. [Der finnische Dativgenitiv im Licht der vergleichenden Methode.] Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 272. Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. Helsinki 2015. 413 S. + 62 S. Anhang (Diss.)
Philosophy (8 works) · European Linguistics and Anthropology (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Combinatorics (2 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (2 works) · Programming language (2 works) · Verb (2 works)