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Language resources and tools for Livonian [PDF]
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2022 This article describes linguistic collections of Livonian, development of digital resources, and their usage. The main motivation is to ensure the accessibility of Livonian intangible cultural heritage and linguistic materials for the Livonian and ...
Valts Ernštreits +4 more
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Livonian social networks and language shift [PDF]
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2018 This article presents a study of Livonian social networks in the beginning of the 20th century during a time of language shift. In this study, I examine whether the Livonian communities were experiencing a language shift irrespective of the population ...
Patrick O’Rourke
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Livonian – the most endangered language in Europe? [PDF]
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2014 Drawing on my experience as General Editor of the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, as well as my own research interest in the Livonian language, the situation of Livonian is here compared with that of some other threatened languages of ...
Christopher Moseley
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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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Heinrich von Jannau on the Livonians and Livonian Language in Rosenplänter’s Beiträge (1828); pp. 307-309 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2009 In 1828 Heinrich Georg von Jannau published his monograph on the proto- and prelanguage of Estonians. He argued that Estonian is a daughter language of Livonian not Finnish.
Urmas Sutrop
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Livonian language texts in the Estonian Literary Museum 175th or Oskar Loorits fund [PDF]
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2014 The article considers written Livonian language sources located in the Estonian Cultural History Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum and which linguists can use in their studies.
Renāte Blumberga
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Language change for the worse [PDF]
Many theories hold that language change, at least on a local level, is driven by a need for improvement. The present volume explores to what extent this assumption holds true, and whether there is a particular type of language change that we dub language
Schaden, Gerhard +16 more
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Claiming Indigeneity in Europe: Livonian activism for language protection
Journal of Baltic StudiesThis article addresses the impact of international law in the fields of intangible cultural heritage safeguarding and the protection of the rights of Indigenous peoples on national legislative and policymaking processes related to the legal status of the
Anita Vaivade
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The Effect of Covid-19 on Livonian Language Learning Opportunities
Multiethnica: Journal of the Hugo Valentin Centre, 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 every aspect of daily life. Despite the circumstances created by the pandemic, there have also been
Kļava, Gunta, Kļava, Gunta,
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Livonian in recent years [PDF]
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2016 This article discusses developments affecting Livonian during the last decade. It describes actions to promote Livonian during this period, for example, the International Year of Livonian Language and Culture and also discusses the status of Livonian in ...
Valts Ernštreits
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