Back to the roots? Critical reflections on the ‘root’ in Finno-Ugric linguistics

Johanna Laakso

doi:10.12697/jeful.2017.8.1.08

Back to the roots? Critical reflections on the ‘root’ in Finno-Ugric linguistics

Johanna Laakso

Department of European and Comparative Literature and Language Studies

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Abstract

In Finno-Ugric linguistics, words are usually analyzed in terms of stems and affixes instead of abstract monosyllabic 'roots' in the Indo-European sense. However, there have been attempts to introduce the concept of 'root' alongside the historically disyllabic stems, in order to account for less regular connections between words and the non-canonic word formation mechanisms of the expressive vocabulary. Here, a few such attempts are critically analyzed in their historical and ideological contexts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Keele kõrgendikud / Highlands of language
Subtitle of host publication	Pühendusteos professor Birute Klaas-Langi 60. sünnipäevaks / Festschrift for professor Birute Klaas-Lang on the occasion of her 60th birthday
Editors	Kristiina Praakli, Tõnu Tender, Valter Lang
Place of Publication	Tartu
Publisher	University of Tartu Press
Pages	133-148
Number of pages	16
Volume	8
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	978-9949-77-362-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12697/jeful.2017.8.1.08
Publication status	Published - Mar 2017

Publication series

Series	Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri (ESUKA)
ISSN	1736-8987

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

602012 Finno-Ugrian studies
602004 General linguistics

Keywords

Etymology
Expressive words
Finnish
Finno-Ugric
History of linguistics
Hungarian
Root
Word structure

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Laakso, J. (2017). Back to the roots? Critical reflections on the ‘root’ in Finno-Ugric linguistics. In K. Praakli, T. Tender, & V. Lang (Eds.), Keele kõrgendikud / Highlands of language: Pühendusteos professor Birute Klaas-Langi 60. sünnipäevaks / Festschrift for professor Birute Klaas-Lang on the occasion of her 60th birthday (1 ed., Vol. 8, pp. 133-148). University of Tartu Press. https://doi.org/10.12697/jeful.2017.8.1.08

Laakso, Johanna. / Back to the roots? Critical reflections on the ‘root’ in Finno-Ugric linguistics. Keele kõrgendikud / Highlands of language: Pühendusteos professor Birute Klaas-Langi 60. sünnipäevaks / Festschrift for professor Birute Klaas-Lang on the occasion of her 60th birthday. editor / Kristiina Praakli ; Tõnu Tender ; Valter Lang. Vol. 8 1. ed. Tartu : University of Tartu Press, 2017. pp. 133-148 (Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri (ESUKA)).

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Laakso J. Back to the roots? Critical reflections on the ‘root’ in Finno-Ugric linguistics. In Praakli K, Tender T, Lang V, editors, Keele kõrgendikud / Highlands of language: Pühendusteos professor Birute Klaas-Langi 60. sünnipäevaks / Festschrift for professor Birute Klaas-Lang on the occasion of her 60th birthday. 1 ed. Vol. 8. Tartu: University of Tartu Press. 2017. p. 133-148. (Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri (ESUKA)). doi: 10.12697/jeful.2017.8.1.08

Back to the roots? Critical reflections on the ‘root’ in Finno-Ugric linguistics

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