Uralic typology in the light of a new comprehensive dataset
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 Gr...
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ftunivturku:oai:www.utupub.fi:10024/173620 2023-05-15T18:08:15+02:00 Uralic typology in the light of a new comprehensive dataset Norvik Miina Vesakoski Outi Metslang Helle Kowalik Richard Honkola Terhi Klumpp Gerson Piha Minerva Pajusalu Karl Saarinen Sirkka Dunn Michael Yingqi JIng Saar Eva Forkel Robert suomen kieli ja suomalais-ugrilainen kielentutkimus, Department of Finnish and Finno-Ugric Languages 2602110 2022-12-13T15:19:14Z 42 4 https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/173620 https://doi.org/10.1075/jul.00002.nor en eng John Benjamins Publishing Company Netherlands Alankomaat NL 1 10.1075/jul.00002.nor Journal of Uralic Linguistics https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/173620 https://doi.org/10.1075/jul.00002.nor URN:NBN:fi-fe2022121371247 2772-3720 2022 ftunivturku https://doi.org/10.1075/jul.00002.nor 2022-12-15T00:00:02Z 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. Keywords: Uralic languages, typology, areal linguistics, syntax, morphology, phonology, quantitative linguistic Other/Unknown Material saami University of Turku: UTUPub Journal of Uralic Linguistics 1 1 4 42 |
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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. Keywords: Uralic languages, typology, areal linguistics, syntax, morphology, phonology, quantitative linguistic |
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suomen kieli ja suomalais-ugrilainen kielentutkimus, Department of Finnish and Finno-Ugric Languages 2602110 |
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Norvik Miina Vesakoski Outi Metslang Helle Kowalik Richard Honkola Terhi Klumpp Gerson Piha Minerva Pajusalu Karl Saarinen Sirkka Dunn Michael Yingqi JIng Saar Eva Forkel Robert |
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Uralic typology in the light of a new comprehensive dataset |
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