The Finnish Case System

Author : Minna Jaakola,Tiina Onikki-Rantajääskö
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789518586466

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The Finnish Case System by Minna Jaakola,Tiina Onikki-Rantajääskö Pdf

The Finnish language is perhaps best known for its rich case system. Depending on the definition of a case, Finnish has at least fourteen, possibly fifteen or even more cases. This volume is the first comprehensive English-language account of the Finnish case system, focusing primarily on its semantic functions. This collection of articles presents an up-to-date overview of the Finnish case system, analyses central subsystems within it, and offers data-based analyses of the functions of individual cases. The authors approach Finnish cases from different perspectives within the framework of Cognitive Linguistics. The volume also addresses more general topics, such as the notion of case, questions of polysemy, the traditional division of cases into grammatical and semantic, the relationship between inflection and derivation as well as the role of inflection in the structuring of the categories of adpositions and adverbs. The book will be of interest to linguists and students as well as to those readers who are not familiar with cognitive linguistics. The analyses presented here will be relevant to anyone investigating the essence of case and the emergence of linguistic meaning.

Author : Fred Karlsson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-13
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317589440

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Finnish by Fred Karlsson Pdf

Finnish: A Comprehensive Grammar presents a fresh, accessible and thorough description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Finnish. The book moves from the sound system through morphology and word classes to a detailed analysis of sentence structures and semantic features. Key features include: particular focus on examples from spoken Finnish reflecting current usage, grammatic phenomena classified as common or rare, appendices distinguishing base forms from final letter combinations, English-Finnish contrasts highlighted throughout. This Comprehensive Grammar is an essential reference for the intermediatre and advanced learner and user of Finnish.

Author : Anders Holmberg,Urpo Nikanne
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110902600

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Case and Other Functional Categories in Finnish Syntax by Anders Holmberg,Urpo Nikanne Pdf

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon.

Author : Thomas Albert Sebeok
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Finno-Ugric languages
ISBN : WISC:89099918567

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Finnish and Hungarian Case Systems by Thomas Albert Sebeok Pdf

Author : Harald Haarmann
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476662022

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Modern Finland by Harald Haarmann Pdf

Providing a multifaceted view of modern Finland, this book describes its history, culture, language, geography, natural history and the mythology of early peoples. Topics include Fenno-Scandia inhabitants and their environment, traditional naturalism and modern environmentalism, and the salient features of "Finnishness," including an analysis of the Finnish educational system and gender equality. Finland's art, architecture and music are highlighted, along with its peace-keeping missions worldwide. The country's several ethnic groups and their languages are discussed--the Saami, Finns, Finland-Swedes, Russian-speaking peoples, Jews and Gypsies. The author examines Finland's late but rapid development in commerce and industry, with a focus on the history of Nokia Corporation, which grew from a 19th-century manufacturer of pulpwood and rubber boots to a 21st-century international digital communications company.

Author : Olga Kagan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108416429

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The Semantics of Case by Olga Kagan Pdf

Based on data from a wide range of languages, the book discusses the ways in which case interacts with meaning.

Author : Anne Carlier,Jean-Christophe Verstraete
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027291059

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The Genitive by Anne Carlier,Jean-Christophe Verstraete Pdf

This volume, the fifth in the series Case and Grammatical Relations across Languages, is devoted to genitive constructions in a range of Indo-European languages (Russian, French, Romanian, German and Swedish), as well as Finnish, Bantu languages and Northern Akhvakh (Northeast Caucasian). Definitions of genitives typically start out from the notion of an inflectional marker, often suffixal, that marks dependency relations of a noun phrase with respect to another noun phrase and conveys possessive meaning. The contributions in this volume demonstrate a huge range of variation in genitives, semantically (from possessive meaning to generalized dependency), morphologically (from affixes to different types of clitics) and syntactically (from adnominal uses to argument relations and adjunct uses). The volume contains both general surveys of genitives and case studies of the semantics, pragmatics and historical development of specific genitive constructions. It will be of interest to scholars and students in syntax, semantics, morphology, typology, and historical linguistics.

Author : A. M. Simon-Vandenbergen,Kristin Davidse,Dirk Noel
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027236593

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Reconnecting Language by A. M. Simon-Vandenbergen,Kristin Davidse,Dirk Noel Pdf

Although the contributors to this book do not belong to one particular 'school' of linguistic theory, they all share an interest in the external functions of language in society and in the relationship between these functions and internal linguistic phenomena. In this sense they all take a functional approach to grammatical issues. Apart from this common starting-point, the contributions share the aim of demonstrating the non-autonomous nature of morphology and syntax, and the inadequacy of linguistic models which deal with syntax, morphology and lexicon in separate, independent components. The recurrent theme throughout the book is the inseparability of lexis and morphosyntax, of structure and function, of grammar and society. The third and more specific common thread is case, which in some contributions is adduced to illustrate the more general point of the link between word form on the one hand and clausal and textual relations on the other hand, while in other papers it is at the centre of the discussion. The interest of the proposed volume consists in the fact that it brings together the views of leading scholars in functional linguistics of various 'denominations' on the place of morphosyntax in linguistic theory. The book provides convincing argumentation against a modular theory with autonomous levels (the dominant framework in mainstream 20th century linguistics) and is a plea for further research into the connections between the lexicogrammar and the linguistic and extralinguistic context.

Author : David L. Edgerton,Bengt Assarsson,Anders Hummelmose,Ilkka P. Laurila,Kyrre Rickertsen,Per Halvor Vale
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1996-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0792341066

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The Econometrics of Demand Systems by David L. Edgerton,Bengt Assarsson,Anders Hummelmose,Ilkka P. Laurila,Kyrre Rickertsen,Per Halvor Vale Pdf

This book contains some of the results from the research project "Demand for Food in the Nordic Countries", which was initiated in 1988 by Professor Olof Bolin of the Agricultural University in Ultuna, Sweden and by Professor Karl Iohan Weckman, of the University of Helsinki, Finland. A pilot study was carried out by Bengt Assarsson, which in 1989 led to a successful application for a research grant from the NKJ (The Nordic Contact Body for Agricultural Research) through the national research councils for agricultural research in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. We are very grateful to Olof Bolin and Karl Iohan Weckman, without whom this project would not have come about, and to the national research councils in the Nordic countries for the generous financial support we have received for this project. We have received comments and suggestions from many colleagues, and this has improved our work substantially. At the start of the project a reference group was formed, consisting of Professor Olof Bolin, Professor Anders Klevmarken, Agr. lie. Gert Aage Nielsen, Professor Karl Iohan Weckman and Cando oecon. Per Halvor Vale. Gert Aage Nielsen left the group early in the project for a position in Landbanken, and was replaced by Professor Lars Otto, while Per Halvor Vale soon joined the research staff. The reference group has given us useful suggestions and encouraged us in our work. Weare very grateful to them.

Author : G. E. Booij,Christian Lehmann,Joachim Mugdan
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1184 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110172782

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Morphologie by G. E. Booij,Christian Lehmann,Joachim Mugdan Pdf

This series of HANDBOOKS OF LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCE is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction. For "classic" linguistics there appears to be a need for a review of the state of the art which will provide a reference base for the rapid advances in research undertaken from a variety of theoretical standpoints, while in the more recent branches of communication science the handbooks will give researchers both an verview and orientation. To attain these objectives, the series will aim for a standard comparable to that of the leading handbooks in other disciplines, and to this end will strive for comprehensiveness, theoretical explicitness, reliable documentation of data and findings, and up-to-date methodology. The editors, both of the series and of the individual volumes, and the individual contributors, are committed to this aim. The languages of publication are English, German, and French. The main aim of the series is to provide an appropriate account of the state of the art in the various areas of linguistics and communication science covered by each of the various handbooks; however no inflexible pre-set limits will be imposed on the scope of each volume. The series is open-ended, and can thus take account of further developments in the field. This conception, coupled with the necessity of allowing adequate time for each volume to be prepared with the necessary care, means that there is no set time-table for the publication of the whole series. Each volume will be a self-contained work, complete in itself. The order in which the handbooks are published does not imply any rank ordering, but is determined by the way in which the series is organized; the editor of the whole series enlist a competent editor for each individual volume. Once the principal editor for a volume has been found, he or she then has a completely free hand in the choice of co-editors and contributors. The editors plan each volume independently of the others, being governed only by general formal principles. The series editor only intervene where questions of delineation between individual volumes are concerned. It is felt that this (modus operandi) is best suited to achieving the objectives of the series, namely to give a competent account of the present state of knowledge and of the perception of the problems in the area covered by each volume.

Author : Fred Karlsson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134070534

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Finnish: An Essential Grammar by Fred Karlsson Pdf

This second edition of Finnish: An Essential Grammar has undergone profound revisions. The chapter on basic sentence structure has been rewritten and syntax has been given more space. Sections have been added on phrase types, simple clause types, and types of complex sentences. A section on discourse particles has been added. The vocabulary of the copious example sentences has been updated to give it a touch of the twenty-first century. The section on modern colloquial Finnish has been considerably expanded. Internet addresses helpful for any learner of Finnish are provided which make is possible to automatically analyse the grammatical structure of any Finnish words and sentences. It gives not only a systematic account of the structures of the written language, but also features the characteristics of colloquial Finnish. No prior knowledge is assumed on the part of the reader and grammatical rules are clearly explained without jargon. Features include: pronunciation guide, including the tendencies in present-day colloquial Finnish thorough descriptions of morphology (word structure) and syntax (sentence structure) clear rules and an abundance of concrete examples inflection tables subject index internet addresses to online software for grammatical analysis of Finnish. This is the ideal reference source both for those studying Finnish independently and for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types.

Author : Seppo Kittilä,Katja Västi,Jussi Ylikoski
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027284815

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Case, Animacy and Semantic Roles by Seppo Kittilä,Katja Västi,Jussi Ylikoski Pdf

The chapters of this volume scrutinize the interplay of different combinations of case, animacy and semantic roles, thus contributing to our understanding of these notions in a novel way. The focus of the chapters lies on showing how animacy affects argument marking. Unlike previous studies, these chapters primarily deal with lesser studied phenomena, such as animacy effects on spatial cases and the differences between cases and adpositions in the coding of spatial relations. In addition, theoretical and diachronic issues related to case and semantic roles are also discussed; for example, what is case, how do cases develop and what are the functional differences between cases and adpositions? The chapters deal with a variety of different languages including Uralic languages, Indo-European languages, Basque, Korean and Vaeakau-Taumako. The book is appealing to anyone interested in case, animacy and/or semantic roles.

Author : Wataru Nakamura
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443834278

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New Perspectives in Role and Reference Grammar by Wataru Nakamura Pdf

New Perspectives in Role and Reference Grammar presents a broad picture of current developments in Role and Reference Grammar (RRG), a version of parallel structure grammar with an emphasis on typological adequacy. Since its inception, RRG has been applied to a wide range of languages, in particular to case marking, complex clauses (e.g. control, raising, and serial verb constructions), unaccusativity/unergativity, and the interplay between syntax and information structure. The present book is a continued investigation of the intermodular correspondence in a variety of languages and comprises 13 papers, which not only contribute to the further development of the theory, but also investigate controversial areas of linguistic theory including inflectional and derivational morphology, verbal semantics and argument structure (anticausative and serial verb constructions), the argument-adjunct distinction, an extended typology of complex clauses, the syntax-information structure interface, and interactions between the lexicon and constructions. In addition, three papers illustrate how RRG may be applied to sign languages, language acquisition, and machine translation from Arabic to English.

Author : John M. Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429864988

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On Case Grammar by John M. Anderson Pdf

Originally published in 1977, On Case Grammar, represents a synthesis of various lines of research, with special regard to the treatment of grammatical relations. Arguments are assessed for and against case grammar, localism, lexical decomposition and relational grammar. The book surveys the important evidence to support the validity of the choice of a case grammar as the most satisfactory of current accounts of the notion of grammatical relations. This evidence is derived from a detailed examination of various processes in English and from a typological comparison of other languages, notably Dyirbal and Basque. The book also looks at the establishment of principled limitation on the set of case relations. Lexical, syntactical, semantic and morphological evidence suggests that the set of cases is in conformity with the predictions of a strong form of the localist hypothesis, which requires that case relations be distinguished in terms of source vs. goal vs. location.

Author : Andrej Malchukov,Andrew Spencer
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0199695717

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The Oxford Handbook of Case by Andrej Malchukov,Andrew Spencer Pdf

This Handbook provides a comprehensive account of current research on case and the morphological and syntactic phenomena associated with it. Scholars from all over the world provide overviews of current theoretical, typological, diachronic, and psycholinguistic research and assess cross-linguistic work on case and case-systems.