The Uralic Language Family

Facts, Myths and Statistics

Angela Marcantonio (University of Rome)

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Wiley-Blackwell
18 April 2002

Historical & comparative linguistics

Series: Publications of the Philological Society

In this detailed survey of Finnish, Hungarian, Lapp and the other Uralic Languages, Angela Marcantonio shows there is in fact no scientific evidence to support the belief that they form a genetic family. If this approach is accepted, this detailed analysis will have far-reaching consequences for other assumed language families.

By: Angela Marcantonio (University of Rome)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 508g
ISBN: 9780631231707
ISBN 10: 0631231706
Series: Publications of the Philological Society
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 18 April 2002
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , A / AS level , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements. List of Tables. List of Figures. Abbreviations. Grammatical Abbreviations. Abbreviations of Mjor Journals and Dictionaries. Transcription and References. 1. Introduction. 2. The Historical Foundation of the Uralic Paradigm. 3. Modern Interpretations of the Uralic Paradigm. 4. Reconstructing the Sound Structure and Lexicon of the Uralic Family tree. 5. False Matches or Genuine Linguistic Correlations?. 6. Borrowed or Inherited?. 7.The Antiquity of Proto-Uralic. 8. Morphology. 9. Completing the Picture: Proper Names, Archaeology and Genetics. 10. Summary and Conclusion. Map. Appendices. Notes. References. Indexes.

Angela Marcantonio is lecturer in General Linguistics specialising in Uralic studies, at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza'.

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