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The Structure and Development of the Finnish Language
β Scribed by Lauri Hakulinen
- Publisher
- Indiana University Publications
- Year
- 1961
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 196
- Series
- Uralic and Altaic Series 3
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Part I:
I. The Phonetic Structure of Finnish
II. Historical Phonology
III. The Inter-relationship of Parts of Speech
IV. Inflexion and Derivation
Part II:
I. The Old Native Vocabulary
II. Loanwords
III. Spontaneous Growth of Vocabulary
IV. Conscious Development of Vocabulary
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XV. Nominal Constructions
XVI. Miscellaneous Syntactical Factors
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