Jälkitavun labiaalivokaalit saamessa ja itämerensuomessa ...

• Main Author: Kuokkala, Juha
• Format: Text
• Language: Finnish
• Published: University of Helsinki 2012
• Subjects: Uralic languages; Historical linguistics; Language and languages > Etymology; saami
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17613/4235p-a1e69; https://works.hcommons.org/doi/10.17613/4235p-a1e69

[EN] This MA thesis examines the history of the non-initial-syllable labial vowels in Finnic and Saami languages. Etymologically connected vocabulary as presented in the etymological dictionary SSA is analyzed in the light of state-of-the-art knowledge. The result is that 37 word-pairs can credibly be reconstructed to a common Saami-Finnic stage with a second-syllable labial vowel, and a dozen of them are phonologically compelling cognates (not borrowings). The result points to the existence of non-initial labial vowels already in a common proto-language. On the other hand, cases where a cognate item has a labial vowel only in a part of the Saami-Finnic language area suggest that the labial vowels may also have secondarily spread within vocabulary and between language varieties. –––––––––– [FI] Jälkitavun labiaalivokaaleja on pidetty itämerensuomen ja saamen yhteisen välikantakielen uudennoksena, ja tutkielman tavoitteena on arvioida, kuinka perusteltu tämä oletus nykytutkimuksen valossa on. Aineistona ovat ... : [EN] This MA thesis examines the history of the non-initial-syllable labial vowels in Finnic and Saami languages. Etymologically connected vocabulary as presented in the etymological dictionary SSA is analyzed in the light of state-of-the-art knowledge. The result is that 37 word-pairs can credibly be reconstructed to a common Saami-Finnic stage with a second-syllable labial vowel, and a dozen of them are phonologically compelling cognates (not borrowings). The result points to the existence of non-initial labial vowels already in a common proto-language. On the other hand, cases where a cognate item has a labial vowel only in a part of the Saami-Finnic language area suggest that the labial vowels may also have secondarily spread within vocabulary and between language varieties. –––––––––– [FI] Jälkitavun labiaalivokaaleja on pidetty itämerensuomen ja saamen yhteisen välikantakielen uudennoksena, ja tutkielman tavoitteena on arvioida, kuinka perusteltu tämä oletus nykytutkimuksen valossa on. Aineistona ovat ...