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The syntactical distribution of the cheremis genitive I
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sentence stress seems to play a part in the entire complex. We hope to hear more abeut this in the author's forthcoming work. EFVA KANGASMAA-MINN, The Syntactical Distribution ~/ the Cheremis Genitive I. MSFOu. 139, 1966. 234 pp. This, the third doctoral dissertation, deals with tll~e 'direct adnominal genitive' in Cheremis. Since both the genitive ~nd personal suffixes serve to indicate possessive relations, interesting re.dundancy .,fituations arise, which deserve a further study in addition to the author's hints on pp. 90-91 and 114-115. The book has tht'ee large subdivisions: (l) the genitive as an adjunct to a noun, (2) the genitive as a conjunct to a postposition, and (3) the genitive as an actor to a verbal noun. The work abounds in examples, and the sixteen tables offer a proof of the author's industry. G. J. RAMSTEDT, Einl~hmng in die attaische SprachuJissenschaft III, Register. ZusammengesteUt vol: PENTTI A A L T O , MSFOu. 104: 3, 1966. 171 pp. Professor P. Aalto of the University of [-Ielsinki has taken the trouble of personally assembling an index of all morphs discussed in the late G. J. Ramstedt's introduction to Altaic linguistics, published posthumously. The indices are most useful, and should be attached especially to all handbook-like publications. The following is the only Hungarian publication to be discussed in this survey. MAGDOLNA SZ. KISPXL, A vogul igen~v mondattana. Akad~miai Kiad6, Budapest, 1966. 352 pp. Price: Ft 66.-This is an outstanding study dealing with the syntactic u:~e of Vogui verbal nouns. The author's general orientation is historicalcomparative, but the treatment is both synchronic and diachronic. First the phonetic shape and me~aing of the derivatives are discussed, then their syrltactic use. The corpus of the work consists of dialect texts (reflecting the Vogul language of the turn of the century), recorded by Reguly, Munk~csi, and Kannisto. The functions and the uses of verbal nouns are established by means of context. Historical-comparative conclusions are carefully formulated, with consideration of the work of other scholars. In conclusion, some Indiana University publications of its Uralic
REVIEW
ARTICLE
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RAPPORT
CRITIQUE
sentence stress seems to play a part in the entire complex. We hope to hear more abeut this in the author's forthcoming work. EFVA KANGASMAA-MINN, The Syntactical Distribution ~/ the Cheremis Genitive I. MSFOu. 139, 1966. 234 pp. This, the third doctoral dissertation, deals with tll~e 'direct adnominal genitive' in Cheremis. Since both the genitive ~nd personal suffixes serve to indicate possessive relations, interesting re.dundancy .,fituations arise, which deserve a further study in addition to the author's hints on pp. 90-91 and 114-115. The book has tht'ee large subdivisions: (l) the genitive as an adjunct to a noun, (2) the genitive as a conjunct to a postposition, and (3) the genitive as an actor to a verbal noun. The work abounds in examples, and the sixteen tables offer a proof of the author's industry. G. J. RAMSTEDT, Einl~hmng in die attaische SprachuJissenschaft III, Register. ZusammengesteUt vol: PENTTI A A L T O , MSFOu. 104: 3, 1966. 171 pp. Professor P. Aalto of the University of [-Ielsinki has taken the trouble of personally assembling an index of all morphs discussed in the late G. J. Ramstedt's introduction to Altaic linguistics, published posthumously. The indices are most useful, and should be attached especially to all handbook-like publications. The following is the only Hungarian publication to be discussed in this survey. MAGDOLNA SZ. KISPXL, A vogul igen~v mondattana. Akad~miai Kiad6, Budapest, 1966. 352 pp. Price: Ft 66.-This is an outstanding study dealing with the syntactic u:~e of Vogui verbal nouns. The author's general orientation is historicalcomparative, but the treatment is both synchronic and diachronic. First the phonetic shape and me~aing of the derivatives are discussed, then their syrltactic use. The corpus of the work consists of dialect texts (reflecting the Vogul language of the turn of the century), recorded by Reguly, Munk~csi, and Kannisto. The functions and the uses of verbal nouns are established by means of context. Historical-comparative conclusions are carefully formulated, with consideration of the work of other scholars. In conclusion, some Indiana University publications of its Uralic