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Medieval Livonian County Metsepole and the Historical and Linguistic Border between Livonians and Estonians; pp. 253-268 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2009 The article focuses on the issue of the northern border of Metsepole in the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia and in two earlier treaties from the 13th century.
Urmas Sutrop, Karl Pajusalu
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Introductory survey of the South Estonian language islands
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2021 The South Estonian language islands – Leivu, Lutsi, Kraasna – are three historically South Estonian-speaking exclaves located not only beyond the borders of Estonia, but also geographically separated from the main body of South Estonian speakers for at ...
Uldis Balodis, Karl Pajusalu
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Observations on affricates in Livonian [PDF]
, 2018 The aim of the current article is to observe affricates in Livonian. Studies on the Finnic languages have described affricates in South Estonian, Veps, Votic, and Karelian, while Livonian affricates are poorly studied.
Tuisk, Tuuli
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Survey of Previous Research on Livonian Prosody; 23-28 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2007 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,
Tiit-Rein Viitso
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Declension Classes in Livonian – a Language-User Abstractive Approach; pp. 1-21 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2019 This paper aims to present an abstractive study of Livonian declension classes which lends support to the pedagogical analyses offered in Viitso, Ernštreits 2012. In this study I identify and discuss additional inflexional patterns in the language which
Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth
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“THE NORMAL EXCEPTION”: EDOARDO GRENDI, MICROANALYSIS, AND GENERALIZATIONS*
History and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 237-256, June 2026.ABSTRACT “The normal exception” has long been a slogan of microhistory. This oxymoronic phrase is the iconic rendering of an incidental sentence that appeared in a 1977 article by Edoardo Grendi. His article, titled “Micro‐analisi e storia sociale” (Microanalysis and Social History), is cited more often than it is read.
FRANCESCA TRIVELLATO
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The Effect of Covid-19 on Livonian Language Learning Opportunities
, 2021 This article describes two projects created by the Livonian Institute at the University of Latvia to promote Livonian language learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The value and role of digital solutions increased during this period, becoming a part of
Kļava, Gunta +2 more
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Shades of empire: Evidence from Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian partitions in the Baltics
The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 342-376, February 2026.Abstract In this study, we explore the long‐run effects of Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian imperial legacies in the Baltic region. Using a robust regression discontinuity design, we identify persistent differences in socio‐economic development across the South Livonia–Courland and the South Livonia–Lettgallia borders that emerged as a result of the ...
Theocharis N. Grigoriadis, Alise Vitola
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Perifrastic Future Devices in Salaca Livonian; pp. 27-40 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2012 In Finnic languages, the future is often expressed by means of the present tense. In addition to the present tense, there are also periphrastic devices that convey the future.
Miina Norvik
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Holocene Land‐Use and Climate Forcing of Ombrotrophic Peatland Dynamics in Northwest Estonia
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Volume 130, Issue 12, December 2025.Abstract We present a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy record from Mustjärve bog, northwest Estonia, covering the past ∼2,500 years. By integrating paleoecological, historical, and climate data, we evaluate how climate and land use shaped peatland hydrology, vegetation, and carbon dynamics.
Harry Roberts +9 more
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