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Grammatical proof of the affinity of the Hungarian language with languages of Fennic origin

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Sámuel Gyarmathi's Affinitas linguae hungaricae cum linguis fennicae originis grammatice demonstrata (Göttingen 1799) was received as a distinguished work of scholarship in its own days, and its historical importance has been fully recognized ever since. This volume provides an English translation of the entire Latin text, including the Latin glosses of the original (with the exception of zoological and botanical terms, and a few passages where specific reference is made to Latin grammar). This translation includes two additions to the text of Affinitas as reprinted in the Indian

Title Grammatical proof of the affinity of the Hungarian language with languages of Fennic origin / Sámuel Gyarmathi
translated, annotated, and introduced by Victor E. Hanzeli.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Amsterdam : J. Benjamins
Creation Date 1983
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content GRAMMATICAL PROOF OF THE AFFINITY OF THE HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE WITH LANGUAGES OF FENNIC ORIGIN
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
Table of contents
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
GYARMATHI AND HIS AFFINITAS
TO PAUL I. MOST AUGUST AND SOVEREIGN AUTOCRAT OF ALL RUSSIA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COMPARATIVE ORTHOGRAPHY OF HUNGARIAN AND RUSSIAN
PART ONE. AFFINITY OF THE LAPPS' AND FINNS' LANGUAGE
ON DECLENSION
ON COMPARATIVES
ON NUMERALS
ON PRONOUNS
ON POSSESSIVES AND SUFFIXES
ON VERBS
PARADIGM OF THE LAPPS' SUBSTANTIVE VERB
ON ADVERBS
ON PREPOSITIONS
PREPOSED FORMS
SYNTAX
ON THE SIMILARITY OF HUNGARIAN WORDS TO LAPP AND FINNISH WORDSORTHOGRAPHIES
WORDS WHICH SOUND LIKE HUNGARIAN WORDS BUT HAVE DIFFERENT MEANINGS
PART TWO. GRAMMATICAL PROOF OF THE AFFINITY OF THE HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE WITH ESTONIAN
ON DIMINUTIVES
ON COMPARISON
ON SYNTAX
ESTONIAN PROVERBS AND RIDDLES
PART III. OBSERVATIONS ON SEVEN LANGUAGES OF FENNIC ORIGIN WHICH ARE VOGUL, VOTYAK, CHUVASH/ CHEREMIS, PERMIAN, ZYRIAN, MORDVIN INCLUDING VOCABULARIES ILLUSTRATING THESE LANGUAGES
ON CHERMIS POSSESSIVES
PARADIGMS OF THE SUBSTANTIVE VERB 'TO BE':ON PREPOSITIONS
VOCABULARY OF SEVEN LANGUAGES IN ADDITION TO LATIN AND HUNGARIAN
NUMERALS OF THE OSTYAKS AND THE HUNGARIANS
APPENDIX I. CONTAINING A TATAR VOCABULARY
APPENDIX II. WORDS ILLUSTRATING THE HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE
A COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY OF SLAVIC LANGUAGES
PREFACE
RUSSIAN-GERMAN-HUNGARIAN VOCABULARY
CZECH-LATIN-HUNGARIAN COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY
POLISH-GERMAN-HUNGARIAN-CÖMPARATIVE VOCABULARY
NAMES OF CERTAIN TOWNS, RIVERS, MANORS AND CITIES OF HUNGARY AND TRANSYLVANIA, BORROWED FROM SLAVIC LANGUAGES
SUPPLEMENT TO THE LAPP VOCABULARY ON PAGES 61-92 ABOVEFINNISH SUPPLEMENT TO PAGES 61 SQ
APPENDIX III. SCHLOZER'S LETTER
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX NOMINUM
Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series 1, Amsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925
v. 15
Extent 1 online resource (lviii, 327 pages) : portrait
Language English
National Library system number 997010705771805171
MARC RECORDS

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