Book: The Uralic Language Family: Facts, Myths And Statistics In this detailed survey of Finnish, Hungarian, Lapp and the other Uralic languages, Angela Marcantonio demonstrates that there is on fact no scientific evidence to support the belief that they form a genetic family. Aimed a general linguists as well as Uralic specialists, this book examines the history, phonology, morphology, lexicon and onomastics of the Uralic language. Her detailed analysis contributes to the ongoing debate surrounding the suitability of the Comparative Methods and its alternatives to establish language relations, and will have far-reaching consequences for other assumed language families.
In this detailed survey of Finnish, Hungarian, Lapp and the other Uralic Languages, Angela Marcantonio shows there is in fact no scientific evidence to support the belief that they form a genetic family. If this approach is accepted, this detailed analysis will have far-reaching consequences for other assumed language families.
Details of Book: The Uralic Language Family: Facts, Myths And Statistics Book: The Uralic Language Family: Facts, Myths And Statistics
Author: Angela Marcantonio, Marcantonio
ISBN: 0631231706
ISBN-13: 9780631231707
, 978-0631231707
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: Jun 2002
Publisher: Wiley-blackwell
Number of Pages: 360
Language: English