The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages

Marianne Bakró-Nagy, Professor Emerita, Research Institute for Linguistics - Budapest,Johanna Laakso, Professor of Finno-Ugric Studies, University of Vienna,Elena Skribnik, Professor Emerita at the Institute of Finno-Ugric and Uralic Studies, Ludwig Maximilan University of Munich

Marianne Bakró-Nagy is Professor Emerita at the Research Institute for Linguistics and the University of Szeged. She was formerly Head of Department and Deputy Director of the Research Institute and Chair of Finno-Ugric Studies at the University of Szeged, and has been a member of the Scientific
Committee for Humanities of Science Europe, and an honorary member of the International Committee of Finno-Ugric Studies.

Johanna Laakso has been Professor of Finno-Ugric Studies at the University of Vienna since 2000. She is a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters and the Academia Europaea. From 2015-2021 she was President of the
Organizing Committee for the International Congress in Finno-Ugric Studies.

Elena Skribnik is Professor Emerita and former Chair of Finno-Ugric and Uralic Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. She has previously been Deputy Director of the Institute of Philology in the Siberian division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Humboldt Research Fellow and DAAD Guest
Professor at the University of Hamburg, and is a member of the Organizing Committee for the International Congress in Finno-Ugric Studies.

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The contributors
Mapping the distribution of the Uralic languages, Timo Rantanen, Outi Vesakoski, and Jussi Ylikoski
Introduction, Marianne Bakró-Nagy, Johanna Laakso, and Elena Skribnik
Part I: The Making of the Uralic Languages
1. Proto-Uralic, Ante Aikio (Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte)
2. The divergence of Proto-Uralic and its offspring: A descendant reconstruction, Janne Saarikivi
3. The making of the Uralic nation-state languages, Johanna Laakso
4. The Uralic minorities: Endangerment and revitalization, Annika Pasanen, Johanna Laakso, and Anneli Sarhimaa
5. Language policy in Russia: The Uralic languages, Konstantin Zamyatin
6. Graphization and orthographies of Uralic minority languages, Johanna Laakso and Elena Skribnik
Part II: Language descriptions
7. Saami: General introduction, Eino Koponen
8. South Saami, Jussi Ylikoski
9. Lule Saami, Jussi Ylikoski
10. North Saami, Ante Aikio (Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte) and Jussi Ylikoski
11. Aanaar (Inari) Saami, Taarna Valtonen, Jussi Ylikoski, and Ante Aikio (Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte)
12. Skolt Saami, Eino Koponen, Matti Miestamo, and Markus Juutinen
13. Kildin Saami, Michael Rießler
14. Finnic: General introduction, Johanna Laakso
15. Finnish, Meänkieli, and Kven, Johanna Laakso
16. Karelian, Anneli Sarhimaa
17. Veps, Riho Grünthal
18. Ingrian, Elena Markus and Fedor Rozhanskiy
19. Votic, Elena Markus and Fedor Rozhanskiy
20. North and Standard Estonian, Helle Metslang
21. Seto South Estonian, Karl Pajusalu
22. Livonian, Johanna Laakso
23. Mordvin (Erzya and Moksha), Arja Hamari and Rigina Ajanki
24. Mari, Sirkka Saarinen
25. Permic: General introduction, Gerson Klumpp
26. Komi, Nikolay Kuznetsov
27. Udmurt, Svetlana Edygarova
28. Ugric: General introduction, Elena Skribnik and Johanna Laakso
29. North Mansi, Marianne Bakró-Nagy, Katalin Sipxocz and Elena Skribnik
30. East Mansi, Ulla-Maija Forsberg
31. North Khanty, Mária Sipos
32. East Khanty, Zsófia Schön and Katalin Gugán
33. Hungarian, István Kenesei and Krisztina Szécsényi
34. Samoyedic: General introduction, Beáta Wagner-Nagy and Sándor Szeverényi
35. Nenets, Svetlana Burkova
36. Enets, Florian Siegl
37. Nganasan, Beáta Wagner-Nagy
38. Selkup, Olga Kazakevic
39. Kamas, Gerson Klumpp
Part III: General issues and case studies
40. Introduction to Part III: General issues and case studies, Marianne Bakró-Nagy, Johanna Laakso, and Elena Skribnik
41. Palatalization, Marianne Bakró-Nagy
42. Consonant gradation, Marianne Bakró-Nagy
43. Prosody, Karl Pajusalu
44. Case, Seppo Kittilä, Johanna Laakso, and Jussi Ylikoski
45. Person marking, Gwen Eva Janda, Johanna Laakso, and Helle Metslang
46. Tense-Aspect-Mood (TAM) and evidentials, Jeremy Bradley, Gerson Klumpp, and Helle Metslang
47. Negation and negatives, Matti Miestamo
48. Non-finites, Jussi Ylikoski
49. Word order, Maria Vilkuna
50. Adpositions and adpositional phrases, Riho Grünthal
51. Existential, locational, and possessive sentences, Johanna Laakso and Beáta Wagner-Nagy
52. Nominal predication, Rigina Ajanki, Johanna Laakso, and Elena Skribnik
53. Clause combining, Elena Skribnik
54. Information structuring, Gerson Klumpp and Elena Skribnik
References
Index