| The Uralic Language Family: Facts, Myths and Statistics Contributor(s): Marcantonio, Angela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631231706 ISBN-13: 9780631231707 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $53.41 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2002 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 494.5 |
| LCCN: 2008428488 |
| Series: Publications of the Philological Society |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.24" W x 9.02" (1.14 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |