Seinsverben und Kopulae im Uralischen [Verbs for ’be’ and Copulas in Uralic Languages]; pp. 241-272 [PDF]
Like in Indo-European languages a lot of suppletion is observed in the morphology of âbeâ verbs in the Uralic languages. In both language families those verbs are the main option for a copula, but not the only one.
László Honti
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Polar Interrogatives in Uralic Languages. A Typopogical Perspective; pp. 1-21 [PDF]
The paper surveys the domain of polar interrogation in the Uralic language family in a typological perspective. An overview of the ways in which polar interrogation is marked in the worldâs languages is presented and the encoding of the domain in ...
Matti Miestamo
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Sino-Uralic etymology for 'moon, month' supported by regular sound correspondences [PDF]
Using etymological methods, the present study has researched four Sinitic and Uralic shared etymologies (etyma). Two of them form a rhyme correspondence. Three of them form an onset correspondence.
Gao, J., Tender, T.
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’Sister’, ’Daughter’ and ’Brother’ — Etymological Discussion of a Few Borrowed Uralic Kinship Terms [PDF]
In this article, three Indo-European loan etymologies for Uralic kinship terms meaning âsisterâ, âdaughterâ and âbrotherâ are discussed and a thorough etymological analysis of the words is given based on the latest research.
Niklas Metsäranta
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’Habere’ «po-ural'ski». ’Habere’ in Uralic; pp. 161-177 [PDF]
The paper discusses the modes of expressing the habitive (or existential-possessive) structure ('somebody has something') and the possessive attributive construction ('somebody's something') in Uralic languages, their morphological structures and the ...
László Honti
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About the Non-Personal Definite Function of the Uralic 3rd Person Possessive Suffix [PDF]
Finno-Ugric, Selkup, Turkic and Tungusic share a common (preferred) use of the 3rd person possessive suffix (3Px) in the non-personal definite function.
Ago Künnap
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On etymology of Finnic term for 'sky' [PDF]
Using etymological methods, the present study has identified five Sinitic and Uralic shared etymologies. These five etymologies form a rhyme correspondence. This regular sound change validates the etymological connection between Sinitic and Uralic.
Gao, J.
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Pre‐Manichaean Beliefs of the Uyghurs II: Other Religious Elements
The original beliefs of the Uyghurs, which have been overshadowed by their conversion to Manichaeism and Buddhism, have not been thoroughly studied until recently. However, Uyghur inscriptions as well as Chinese and Islamic sources provide us with some information regarding their beliefs. In the first part of this article series, the Uyghurs' belief in
Hayrettin İhsan Erkoç
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«Желто-зелено-синие» языки в Евразии: как они появляются и исчезают? [The ”Yellow-green-blue” Languages in Eurasia: How Do They Appear and Disappear?] [PDF]
For the first time a comprehensive study of the colour terms denoting the semantic zones of âyellowâ, âgreenâ, and âblueâ, based on the material of the Uralic languages, is produced.
N. V. Dubrovskaya, J. V. Normanskaya
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Abstract When linguists make inferences about language contact, control data is required for reliable analysis. Historical data or reconstructions are typically used for that purpose. However, historical data is globally mostly unavailable, and reconstructions are laborious if comparing outcomes of language contact in a typological way.
Kaius Sinnemäki, Noora Ahola
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