Variation of the Glottal Stop /ʔ/ in South Estonian Lative Forms

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ID19234161
AutoresJanek Vaab (0009-0001-1639-9867, autor correspondente)
Ano2026
Volume62
Fascículo1
Páginas14-36
Data de publicação2026-03-06
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistica Uralica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0868-4731 • E-ISSN: 1736-7506
EditoraEstonian Academy Publishers (PUBLISHER • EE)
DOI10.3176/lu.2026.1.02
OpenAlexW7134043996
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas15

One of the most striking features of South Estonian among other Finnic languages is the occurrence of the glottal stop /Ê / as a phoneme, which in modern VÃμro and Lutsi orthographies is represented by the letter q. While the other grammatical and lexical functions of /Ê / are shared amongst the South Estonian varieties, the distribution of the glottal stop in the lative forms varies across dialects, caused by the conservative nature of Lutsi and Kraasna, and the innovations in the western subdialects of VÃμro. This article examines the occurrence of the glottal stop /Ê / at the end of the lative forms manoq ~ mano â towardsâ and kuuq ~ kodoq ~ kodoâ (towards) homeâ , adverbialised illative and allative forms mahaq ~ maaha â downwardsâ , pääleq ~ pääle â ontoâ , and at the end of illative forms in Leivu South Estonian and the Hargla subdialect of VÃμro. This study combines qualitative historical analysis with synchronous quantitative analysis

Estonian · Grammaticalization · European Linguistics and Anthropology · Linguistics and language evolution · Phonetics and Phonology Research