37.3095, Books: A Grammar of Tundra Yukaghir: Matić and Nikolaeva (2026)

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Subject: 37.3095, Books: A Grammar of Tundra Yukaghir: Matić and Nikolaeva (2026)

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Date: 28-Sep-2026
From: Giada Palmieri [giada.palmieri at degruyterbrill.com]
Subject: A Grammar of Tundra Yukaghir: Matić and Nikolaeva (2026)


Title: A Grammar of Tundra Yukaghir
Subtitle: Volume 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology; Volume 2:
Syntax, Discourse, Texts
Series Title: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: De Gruyter Brill
           https://www.degruyterbrill.com/?changeLang=en
Book URL: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/mglty-b/html

Author(s): Dejan Matić and Irina Nikolaeva

Abstract:

This book is a part of a two-volume reference grammar of Tundra
Yukaghir, a critically endangered language spoken in the north-eastern
part of Siberia. The grammar is the first substantial English-language
description of the language, which aims to address the linguistic
phenomena presently regarded as crucial in any grammatical account as
comprehensively as possible. It introduces a large variety of data and
will be inherently valuable as a piece of language documentation.
Although illustrative examples from previous literature are cited,
most examples come from newly collected data reflecting the modern
state of the language. The grammar of Tundra Yukaghir has played
relatively little role in the considerations of modern linguists, as
there are numerous aspects which have not received systematic
treatment previously or have not been addressed at all. For a language
as little researched as Tundra Yukaghir, any such aspect may turn out
to be of potential linguistic significance. Thus, this detailed,
systematically organized and conventionally represented grammatical
description will prove useful for linguists working on broader issues.
It will provide a reference source for both native speakers and
researchers in linguistics, whether descriptively, typologically or
theoretically inclined.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation

Written In: English (eng, stan1293)



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