The origins of the western Uralic s-cases revisited
Historiographical, functional-typological and Samoyedic perspectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20467506 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jussi Ylikoski (0000-0003-0160-4829, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 2016 |
| Issue | 63 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0355-1253 • E-ISSN: 0355-1253 |
| Publisher | Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33339/fuf.86120 |
| OpenAlex | W2891088901 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
The paper presents a comprehensive reappraisal of the origins of the so-called s-cases in Saami, Finnic, Mordvin and Mari. According to the received view, the element *-s- that is present in most of the basic local case markers in these languages originates in the so-called *s-lative whose origin has remained unknown. As the dominant theory suffers from various methodological shortcomings, alternative proposals have also been presented yet largely ignored. As the first functionally and typologically substantiated hypothesis on the issue, the paper proposes that the s-cases originate in Proto-Uralic postpositional phrases. Confronting the daunting task of identifying cognates of the s-cases elsewhere, it is proposed that they can be related to at least the Samoyed local cases with the element *-ntə
Archaeology · Epistemology · Genealogy · Geography · Historiography · Linguistics · Political science · History · Law · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0.8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |