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Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri
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ISSN 1736-8987 · University of Tartu Press · 453 articles in the index
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Renewal of Finnic demonstrative systems in the Circum-Baltic context
The present study examines the diachronic development and renewal of demonstrative systems in the Finnic languages within the Circum-Baltic context. Drawing on usage-based data from existing Finnic corpora, the reconstruction addresses historical changes from Proto-Finnic to modern Finnic…
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Sound symbolism in size perception: effects of child-directed speech and strategy congruence
Sound symbolism – the systematic association between phonetic properties and meaning – plays a prominent role in size ratings, where particular speech sounds shape perceptions of magnitude. This paper explores two previously understudied dimensions of size-sound symbolism: (1) the impact of…
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Udmurt particles ja and nu: what’s the difference?
In this paper, we compare semantic-pragmatic profiles of two discourse (modal) particles, ja and nu, in Udmurt and Beserman (Permic < Uralic), using a mixed-method approach. We first investigate the acceptability of the particles in response utterances on a scale from agreement to disagreement…
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Non-interactional uses of the discourse particle nu (∼ no) in Southern Selkup traditional narratives
The discourse particle nu and its variants are widespread among the European languages and have been relatively well studied on the basis of the conversational data. This paper investigates the use of nu outside the conversational data in the genre of tradtional storytelling and focuses on…
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Discourse variation analysis of the discourse markers no ~ na in Present-Day Hungarian
Historically derived from interjections, the Hungarian discourse markers no and na ‘now, so, well’ have long been treated as functionally equivalent variants, despite a reversal in their relative status: no was formerly dominant, whereas na was regarded as regional. This study examines the extent…
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The discourse particles nu(h) and no(h) in Courland Livonian
This article analyses the use of the Courland Livonian discourse particles nu and no and their aspirated forms nuh and noh. As these particles have received little attention so far, the study combines a brief overview of dictionary descriptions with an empirical analysis based on 17 recordings of…
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Discourse pragmatic functions of the particles no and nu in Iźva Komi
This research focuses on the pragmatic functions of the discourse particles no and nu in the Iźva dialect of the Komi language. The study is based on contemporary spoken-language material. No and nu appear to carry the same functions, with the exception of the confirming stand-alone use, which is…
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The discourse particles nu/no and noː in Surgut Khanty narratives
This data-driven study investigates the differences between the discourse particle(s) nu/no and noː in Surgut (Yugan and Tromagan) Khanty narratives. The corpus-based approach first takes all occurrences of nu, no, and noː in the data into account to identify their functions according to their…
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One particle across two languages? On the use of NU by the last speakers of Kamas
Besides various narratives in Kamas, recordings with the two last speakers of Kamas (Samoyed < Uralic) feature as a by-product narrative passages and free dialogues in Russian. In addition, both Kamas and Russian narratives contain numerous constructed dialogues. The discourse particle NU, in its…
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Eesti keele õpetajate keelelise variatiivsusega seotud hoiakud ja uskumused – on’s õpetaja keelejuhiloa väljastaja?
See artikkel vaatleb eesti keele õpetajate hoiakuid ja uskumusi eesti keele õpetamise ja eesti keele registrite (ametliku ja poeetilise keele, murrete, noortekeele) ning teiste keelte suhtes. Materjali moodustab õpetajatega (N = 25) tehtud poolstruktureeritud intervjuud, mida analüüsiti…
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On dental mutation in Estonian, Latvian and Livonian
The article examines the phenomenon of dental mutation (also: dental umlaut), a historically poorly understood sound change attested in several North Sea Germanic languages, including Frisian, Low German, Dutch, whereby back vowels are fronted in the environment of dental consonants, as it is…
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Reportativity and temporal perspective: On the evidentiality of the particles ulmaš and ə̑lə̑n in the Mari languages
The Mari languages possess a set of temporally ambivalent TAME constructions containing the particles ə̑ľe and ulmaš in Meadow Mari as well as ə̑ľə̑ and ə̑lə̑n in Hill Mari. The variation between the particles is evidential by nature: ə̑ľe and ə̑ľə̑ mark direct source of information, while ulmaš…
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Stability of meanings in basic vocabulary lists of Uralic languages
Meanings in basic vocabulary lists are expected to be stable. In the literature, various basic vocabulary lists have been proposed that are founded on various criteria, with stability being a key criterion. However, the stability of basic meanings and to what degree popular lists fit these is…
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Tähenduste seletamine leksikograafias: kuivõrd on abi suurtest keelemudelitest?
Artiklis uurime, kas ja mil määral saavad suured keelemudelid (SKMid) leksikograafi aidata sõnastikuseletuste loomisel ja sõnatähendus(t)e esitusel. Katsetatud SKMidest jäid lõplikku hindamisküsitlusse GPT-4o ja Gemini 1.5 Pro tähendusseletused 60 sõna kohta. Kasutatud näitetu promptimise…
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Language exposure and competence in Estonian-Norwegian bilingual children
This paper investigates the relationship between language exposure and Estonian competence of Estonian-Norwegian bilinguals aged 5–7. The sample includes 29 children acquiring Estonian and Norwegian (16 successive and 8 simultaneous bilinguals acquiring Estonian as a heritage language in Norway, 5…
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Keele lihtsustamise põhimõtted Soomes: mis on arekeel?
Artikkel annab ülevaate lihtsustatud keele põhimõtetest, lähtudes Soome keeleolukorrast. Arekeel ehk lihtne keel (sm selkokieli, ingl easy language, easy-to-read) ja selge keel (sm selkeä kieli, ingl plain language) on lähedased, aga siiski erineva tähendusega mõisted. Nende ühine eesmärk on olla…
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Kiitus ja pehmendamine kaasõppija tagasisides ajalooteaduslike esseede näitel
Artikkel annab ülevaate kaasõppija kirjalikus tagasisides kasutatavatest pehmendajatest ja kiitusest. Lisaks on analüüsitud, kuidas nende kasutus kirjutamisprotsessi jooksul muutub. Materjal pärineb Tartu Ülikooli 2023/2024. õppeaasta „Keskaja“ ainekursuselt, kus tudengid tagasisidestasid semestri…
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„Teaduskeele tunnusteks on täpsus, neutraalsus ja impersonaalsus.” Kuidas siiski haakuvad juurdunud tavadega tänapäeva akadeemilised tekstid?
Artikkel käsitleb tänapäeva akadeemilisi tekste, täpsemalt on vaatluse all neis esinev interaktsiooniline metadiskursus, s.o keelelised vahendid, millega autorid suhestuvad oma teksti ja selle sisuga, lugejate ning varasemate autoritega. Traditsioone hindavas teadusmaailmas on sobival…
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Towards an Estonian dataset on document-level subjectivity
This article discusses a preparatory step towards developing an Estonian dataset on subjectivity, providing a brief overview of past analyses of subjectivity and the theoretical basis for creating the dataset. Subjectivity has been explored within many fields of linguistics, including pragmatics…