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The Role of Contact in Explaining Linguistic Convergence1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, Page 479-513, November 2025.
Abstract In this paper, I explore the question of how linguistic convergence emerges and what the role of contact might be. My case study is the spread of headed relative clauses built around wh‐relative markers in the Standard Average European languages.
Nikolas Gisborne
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O roli Johanna Eberharda Fischera v rabote po sboru jazykovogo material v volgo-kamskom areale (XVIII v.) [On the Role of Johann Eberhard Fischer in the Collecting of ­Linguistic Material in the Volga-Kama Region (18th century)]; pp. 44-52 [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2014
Johann Eberhard Fischer, author of the ”Vocabularium Sibiricum”, is usually named among those who collected specimens of Finno-Ugric ­languages in Russia during the 18th century – like Messerschmidt, Müller, Tatiščev and others.
Eberhard Winkler
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Mütoloogiline tegelane tšokmor udmurtide traditsioonilises maailmavaates [PDF]

Mäetagused
Based on linguistic data and ritual practices of the Udmurts, the article explores the etymology of the word chokmor. The analysed material indicates that the term chokmor/chokmorskon is used in the local traditions of both southern (Kiyasovo district ...
Galina Glukhova
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Trust and Income Among Immigrants in Europe

Kyklos, Volume 78, Issue 4, Page 1496-1513, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Social trust, a key cultural trait influencing economic behavior, plays a critical yet understudied role in immigrant integration. This paper examines how trust, both as an individual disposition and as a culturally inherited norm, relates to the economic integration of immigrants in Europe, measured by household income.
Niclas Berggren, Erik Enger Karlson, Elis Hodzic   +2 more
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Marriage and family customs of the Finno-Ugric peoples of the Volga region: legal and anthropological analysis (late XIX – early XX century)

Финно-угорский мир, 2022
Introduction. The institutions of marriage and family seem to be an integral component of the traditional livelihood of peoples, reflecting their history, features of life and activities.
Iuliia N. Sushkova
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Collective value? Finland‐Swedish literature in the Nordic literary prize culture

Orbis Litterarum, Volume 80, Issue 4, Page 370-394, August 2025.
Abstract Unlike many other minority literatures, Finland‐Swedish literature is very well embodied in the literary prize culture. Statistically, Finland‐Swedish authors are overrepresented among the nominees and recipients of the largest and most prestigious awards in Sweden and Finland, as well as the major joint Nordic literary prizes.
Tomi Riitamaa
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative analysis of tourism potential of the Finno-Ugric republics: Mordovia and Mari El

Финно-угорский мир, 2019
Introduction. Today, much attention is paid to the study and effectiveness of the tourism potential of the territory. Such territories are regions having a common ethnic identity. In Russia, these are Finno-Ugric federal entities.
Marina A. Zhulinа, Larisa A. Zaitseva, Svetlana V. Saraikina, Liudmila V. Sotova   +3 more
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Ethnosport as a way to actualize ethnoculture (on the example of Finno-Ugric peoples)

Финно-угорский мир, 2020
Introduction. The article explores the role and place of ethnosport in the national culture as an important factor in returning to authenticity in order to preserve the identity of ethnic groups. Materials and Methods.
Elena N. Lomshina, Pavel V. Migunov, Olga S. Safonkina   +2 more
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Hipoteza Witolda Mańczaka o ugrofińskim substracie w językach bałtyckich

LingVaria, 2019
Witold Mańczak’s Hypothesis about the Finno-Ugric Substrate in the Baltic Languages The paper discusses Witold Mańczak’s hypothesis concerning a Finnic (particularly Balto-Finnic) substrate in the Baltic languages (Mańczak 1990: 29–38; 1993: 151; 2008:
Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak
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Moni or monta? The collective vs. distributive opposition between two forms of the quantifier ‘many’ in Finnish

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2017
In this work I explore the semantics of two case forms of the Finnish quantifier moni ‘many’: the regular nominative moni and the regular partitive monta [mon-ta many-PARTITIVE], which however has taken on a function similar to that of the nominative of ...
Tuomas Huumo
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