The Eskimo–Uralic hypothesis posits that the Uralic and Eskimo–Aleut language families belong to a common macrofamily . It is not generally accepted by linguists because the similarities can also be merely areal features , common to unrelated language families. In 1818, the Danish linguist Rasmus Rask grouped together the languages of Greenlandic and Finnish . The Eskimo–Uralic hypothesis was put forward by Knut Bergsland in 1959. Ante Aikio stated that it's possible that there exists some connection between the two families, but exact conclusions can't be drawn and the similarities could exist by loaning.
14-559: A similar theory was suggested in 1998 by Michael Fortescue , in his book Language Relations across Bering Strait where he proposed the Uralo-Siberian theory , which, unlike the Eskimo-Uralic hypothesis includes the Yukaghir languages , argues that Uralo-Siberian influenced Chukotko-Kamchatkan and some have included Nivkh as a part of the family. At present the arguments used to defend
28-702: A B.A. with "Honours with great Distinction" in Slavic languages and literatures from University of California, Berkeley , where he then taught Russian 1968-1970 and finished an M.A. in Slavic languages and literatures. In the years 1971-1975 he taught English for the International Language Centre in Osaka and the University of Aix/Marseille . He took a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh 1975-1978 with
42-581: Is a British-born linguist specializing in Arctic and native North American languages, including Kalaallisut , Inuktun , Chukchi and Nitinaht . Fortescue is known for his reconstructions of the Eskaleut , Chukotko-Kamchatkan , Nivkh , and Wakashan proto-languages . As a young teenager, Michael Fortescue and his family moved to California where he went to La Jolla High School 1956-1959. He finished school at Abingdon School in 1963. In 1966, he received
56-634: Is an academic title with two principal meanings: in the North American system and that of the Commonwealth system . In the North American system , used in the United States and many other countries, it is a position between assistant professor and a full professorship . In this system, an associate professorship is typically the first promotion obtained after gaining a faculty position, and in
70-405: Is an instance of coincidental homonymy, which very rarely happens by accident. Aikio thus stated that he believes it to be likely that there exists some connection between the two families, however exact conclusions cannot be drawn and it would not yet prove a direct relationship, as such can happen by loaning. Michael Fortescue Michael David Fortescue (born 8 August 1946, Thornbury )
84-504: Is held by far fewer people in the Commonwealth system. In this system, an associate professorship is typically the second or third promotion obtained after gaining an academic position, and someone promoted to associate professor has usually been a permanent employee already in their two previous ranks as lecturer and senior lecturer. Traditionally, British universities have used the title reader, while associate professor in place of reader
98-539: Is the standard work in its area, as is his Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan Dictionary . In his book Pattern and Process , Fortescue explores the possibilities of a linguistic theory based on the philosophical theories of Alfred North Whitehead . A more complete listing is available in the Festschrift in his honor. This biography of a British linguist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Associate professor Associate professor
112-536: Is traditionally used in Australia and New Zealand , South Africa , Bangladesh , India , Malaysia , and Ireland within an otherwise British system of ranks. More recently, the university of Cambridge has adopted the North American system of ranks. The table presents a broad overview of the traditional main systems, but there are universities which use a combination of those systems or other titles. Some universities in Commonwealth countries have also entirely adopted
126-733: The Bering Strait". Besides new proposed linguistic evidence, Fortescue (2016) presents several genetic studies that he argued to support a common origin of the included groups, with a suggested homeland in Northeast Asia . A few potential lexical cognates between Proto-Uralic and Eskimo–Aleut are pointed out in Aikio (2019: 53–54). These are: A possible regular sound correspondence with Uralic *-l- and Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *-t can be argued to exist. According to Ante Aikio The words "morning" and "weave" appear to be completely unrelated, which means there
140-451: The Eskimo-Uralic theory are insufficient to even suspect a relationship between the languages, let alone to make an affirmative case for their relationship. Comparisons between Uralic and Eskimo–Aleut languages were made early. In 1746, the Danish theologian Marcus Wøldike [ da ] compared Greenlandic to Hungarian . In 1818, Rasmus Rask considered Greenlandic to be related to
154-479: The United States it is usually connected to tenure . In the Commonwealth system (Canada included), the title associate professor is traditionally used in place of reader in certain countries. Like the reader title it ranks above senior lecturer – which corresponds to associate professor in the North American system – and is broadly equivalent to a North American full professor, as the full professor title
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#1732852295577168-686: The Uralic languages, Finnish in particular, and presented a list of lexical correspondences (Rask also considered Uralic and Altaic to be related to each other). In 1871, H. Rink had also theorized of a similar theory. In 1959, Knut Bergsland published the paper The Eskimo–Uralic Hypothesis , in which he, like other authors before him, presented a number of grammatical similarities and a small number of lexical correspondences. In 1998, Michael Fortescue presented more detailed arguments in his book, Language Relations across Bering Strait . His title evokes Morris Swadesh's 1962 article, "Linguistic relations across
182-562: The occasion of his retirement in 2011, a special issue in the journal Grønland was published in 2012 as a festschrift . After retiring, he moved to England, where he was elected an associate of St Hugh's College . An edited book was published as a festschrift in his honour in 2017. In 2019, he was elected to Academia Europaea . He was chairman of the Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen 2005-2011. His Comparative Eskimo Dictionary , co-authored with Steven Jacobson and Lawrence Kaplan,
196-651: The thesis Procedural discourse generation model for 'Twenty Questions' . With a Danish scholarship, he visited University of Copenhagen and did fieldwork in Greenland in 1978-79, and this research became supported from the Danish Research Council for the Humanities in the period 1979-1982. In 1984, he became associate professor in eskimology at the University of Copenhagen , and in 1989 docent. He became professor in linguistics in 1999, and retired in 2011. On
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