Uralic Essive and the Expression of Impermanent State
What is it about?
The volume focuses on the distribution of the essive ("as", in "as a child") in contemporary Uralic languages with special attention to the opposition between permanent and impermanent state. The languages are: Finnish, Estonian, Votic, Ingrian, Veps, Karelian, South Saami, North Saami, Skolt Saami, Mari, Komi, Udmurt, Hungarian, Eastern Khanty, Mansi, Tundra Nenets, Forest & Tundra Enets, Nganasan, Selkup, and Kamas.
Why is it important?
This volume is the first book length study into the essive, a relatively unknown case marker like English ‘as (a child)’. It presents large sets of new data and insights into the use of the essive in nineteen Uralic languages on the basis of a typological linguistic questionnaire. The typological variation is discussed within the linguistic domains of non-verbal main predication, secondary predication, complementation, and manner, temporal, and circumstantial adverbial phrases.