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With its more than 5 million speakers, Finnish is the second largest language of the family of the Finno-Ugric languages. The Finnish language is characterized by a rich inflectional morphology, and it is typologically classified as an agglutinative-fusional language. As a result, words are often polymorphemic, and become, therefore, remarkably long. It also follows that word paradigms can be very large. The goal of this course is to provide an outline of Finnish morphology, firstly, from morphophonological and morphosyntactic and, secondly, from lexicological and historical points of view. The course is aimed to students of linguistics and/or Uralic languages, and although a previous previous knowledge of the language is an advantage, it is not required.
Days and Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 11:15-12:30.
Goodbody Hall 157 | 1011 East 3rd St. | Bloomington, IN 47405-7005 | Phone: (812) 855-2233 | Fax: (812) 855-7500 | ceus@indiana.edu