Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of abbreviations viii
4. Introduction 1
5. Etymological nativization of loanwords: A case study of Saami and Finnish 17
6. Grade alternation in Inari Saami and abstract declarative phonology 53
7. Productive syncretism in Saami inflectional morphology 91
8. Roots and verbs in North Saami 137
9. The instability of systems with ternary length distinctions: The Skolt Saami evidence 167
10. Events and case in Inari Saami 207
11. Verbal agreement in Inari Saami 227
12. Saami linguistics bibliography 259
13. Index 305