Itäsaamelaiskielten partitiivi kielioppien mukaan sekä korpushavaintoja inarin- ja koltansaamesta

Abstract

<p>Partitive of the Eastern Saami languages according to grammars,<br>with corpus observations of Aanaar and Skolt Saami<br></p><p><br>The article deals with the partitive case of the Eastern Saami languages,<br>namely Aanaar (Inari), Skolt, Akkala, Kildin, and Ter Saami. The case is<br>called partitive, because its form is etymologically of the same origin as the<br>Finnic partitive. In Saami languages, however, its field of use is much narrower,<br>as it is only used with some quantifiers and also as a complement to<br>certain adpositions and numerals and to express the standard of comparison.<br>The article discusses how the grammars of different Eastern Saami languages<br>describe the use of the partitive. In addition, the article analyzes Aanaar and<br>Skolt Saami more deeply based on the corpus material.<br></p><p><br>By comparing grammars and materials, it becomes clear that the partitive<br>is used in different Eastern Saami languages basically in the same way, but<br>there are also some differences between individual languages. The biggest<br>differences concern the use of the partitive in connection with adpositions<br>and quantifiers. Regarding Aanaar and Skolt Saami, the study also shows<br>that the descriptions given by grammars about the use of the partitive do not<br>fully correspond to actual language use. There also seem to be some misinterpretations<br>in the grammars, especially at the eastern end of the language<br>continuum.<br></p>