Uralic typology in the light of a new comprehensive dataset
Abstract This paper presents the Uralic Areal Typology Online (UraTyp 1.0), a typological dataset of 35 Uralic languages and a total of 360 features, mainly covering the levels of morphology, syntax, and phonology. The features belong to two different datasets: 195 features’ definitions originate fr...
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crjohnbenjaminsp:10.1075/jul.00002.nor 2024-06-09T07:49:18+00:00 Uralic typology in the light of a new comprehensive dataset Norvik, Miina Jing, Yingqi Dunn, Michael Forkel, Robert Honkola, Terhi Klumpp, Gerson Kowalik, Richard Metslang, Helle Pajusalu, Karl Piha, Minerva Saar, Eva Saarinen, Sirkka Vesakoski, Outi 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jul.00002.nor http://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/jul.00002.nor.pdf en eng John Benjamins Publishing Company http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Journal of Uralic Linguistics volume 1, issue 1, page 4-42 ISSN 2772-3720 2772-3739 journal-article 2022 crjohnbenjaminsp https://doi.org/10.1075/jul.00002.nor 2024-05-15T13:26:47Z Abstract This paper presents the Uralic Areal Typology Online (UraTyp 1.0), a typological dataset of 35 Uralic languages and a total of 360 features, mainly covering the levels of morphology, syntax, and phonology. The features belong to two different datasets: 195 features’ definitions originate from the Grambank (GB) database, developed for comparison of world language typology, whereas 165 features (UT) have been designed specifically to describe the typological variation within the Uralic language family. We present a series of analyses of the dataset demonstrating its scope and possibilities. The complete data set correctly identifies the main Uralic subgroups in a Principal Components Analysis, whereas GB data alone is insufficiently granular to detect this family-internal structure. Similar analyses limited to various typological subdomains also give variable results. A model-based admixture analysis identifies four distinct areas of historical interaction: Saami, Finnic, the Volga area and Ob-Ugric. Article in Journal/Newspaper saami John Benjamins Publishing Company Journal of Uralic Linguistics 1 1 4 42 |
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Abstract This paper presents the Uralic Areal Typology Online (UraTyp 1.0), a typological dataset of 35 Uralic languages and a total of 360 features, mainly covering the levels of morphology, syntax, and phonology. The features belong to two different datasets: 195 features’ definitions originate from the Grambank (GB) database, developed for comparison of world language typology, whereas 165 features (UT) have been designed specifically to describe the typological variation within the Uralic language family. We present a series of analyses of the dataset demonstrating its scope and possibilities. The complete data set correctly identifies the main Uralic subgroups in a Principal Components Analysis, whereas GB data alone is insufficiently granular to detect this family-internal structure. Similar analyses limited to various typological subdomains also give variable results. A model-based admixture analysis identifies four distinct areas of historical interaction: Saami, Finnic, the Volga area and Ob-Ugric. |
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Norvik, Miina Jing, Yingqi Dunn, Michael Forkel, Robert Honkola, Terhi Klumpp, Gerson Kowalik, Richard Metslang, Helle Pajusalu, Karl Piha, Minerva Saar, Eva Saarinen, Sirkka Vesakoski, Outi |
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Norvik, Miina Jing, Yingqi Dunn, Michael Forkel, Robert Honkola, Terhi Klumpp, Gerson Kowalik, Richard Metslang, Helle Pajusalu, Karl Piha, Minerva Saar, Eva Saarinen, Sirkka Vesakoski, Outi Uralic typology in the light of a new comprehensive dataset |
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Norvik, Miina Jing, Yingqi Dunn, Michael Forkel, Robert Honkola, Terhi Klumpp, Gerson Kowalik, Richard Metslang, Helle Pajusalu, Karl Piha, Minerva Saar, Eva Saarinen, Sirkka Vesakoski, Outi |
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Uralic typology in the light of a new comprehensive dataset |
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