Four North Saami Ambipositionsdoi:10.18710/S5SXRGDataverseNO2014-11-301Janda, Laura A.; Antonsen, Lene; Baal, Berit Anne Bals, 2014, "Four North Saami Ambipositions", https://doi.org/10.18710/S5SXRG, DataverseNO, V1Four North Saami Ambipositionsdoi:10.18710/S5SXRGJanda, Laura A.Antonsen, LeneBaal, Berit Anne BalsUiT The Arctic University of Norway2012196907DataverseNOThe Tromsø Repository of Language and Linguistics (TROLLing)Janda, Laura A.2014-09-25Arts and HumanitiesNorth Saamichi-squarepolysemytypologyField: SemanticsTime-depth: synchronicTopic: adpositionsWe present a study of four North Sámi adpositions that can be used as both prepositions and postpositions and thus be termed “ambipositions”. We advance three hypotheses concerning 1) dialectal differences in use of ambipositions in North Sámi, 2) differences between their use as prepositions and postpositions, and 3) a possible typological correlation between the frequency of ambipositions and the extent to which position is used to differentiate meaning, with North Sámi at the high end of this scale. Our study tests these hypotheses against two databases representing the use of ambipositions in newspapers and in literature.The data consists of example sentences tagged for the position of the adposition, the meaning of the adposition and the source of the sentence. Chi-square tests are used to show where there are significant differences between the prepositional and postpositional uses and between uses in the eastern, central, and western portions of the North Saami dialect continuum.SápmiNorwaySwedenFinlandNorthern ScandinaviacorpusAntonsen, Lene, Laura A. Janda, and Berit Anne Bals Baal. 2012. “Njealji davvisámi adposišuvnna geavahus” [“The Use of Four North Saami Adpositions”], Sámi dieđalaš áigečála 2012, v. 2. 32pp. Available at: http://site.uit.no/aigecala/sda-2-2012-antonsen-ja-janda-ja-baal/https://site.uit.no/aigecala/sda-2-2012-antonsen-ja-janda-ja-baal/Antonsen, Lene, Laura A. Janda, and Berit Anne Bals Baal. 2012. “Njealji davvisámi adposišuvnna geavahus” [“The Use of Four North Saami Adpositions”], Sámi dieđalaš áigečála 2012, v. 2. 32pp. Available at: http://site.uit.no/aigecala/sda-2-2012-antonsen-ja-janda-ja-baal/Janda, Laura A., Lene Antonsen, and Berit Anne Bals Baal. 2014. “A Radial Category Profiling Analysis of North Sámi Ambipositions”. High Desert Linguistics Society Proceedings, Volume 10. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/6673, 11 pp.10037/6673Janda, Laura A., Lene Antonsen, and Berit Anne Bals Baal. 2014. “A Radial Category Profiling Analysis of North Sámi Ambipositions”. High Desert Linguistics Society Proceedings, Volume 10. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/6673, 11 pp.adp.RThis file is an annotated R script that shows how the statistical calculations were done.text/plain; charset=UTF-8AdpositionObjectsExplanation.txtThis file explains the structure of the files in this category. These files show which words serve as the objects of the adpositions and their frequency in our data.text/plain; charset=US-ASCIIAnnotationScheme.txtThis file explains the annotation used in the files containing the example sentences.text/plain; charset=UTF-8CadaPostpositionLiterature.txtThis file contains examples of čađa used as a postposition in literature.text/plain; charset=UTF-8CadaPostpositionNews.txtThis file contains examples of čađa used as a postposition in newspapers.text/plain; charset=UTF-8CadaPostpositionObjects.txtObjects of čađa used as a postposition and their frequency in our data.text/plain; charset=UTF-8CadaPrepositionLiterature.txtThis file contains examples of čađa used as a preposition in literature.text/plain; charset=UTF-8CadaPrepositionNews.txtThis file contains examples of čađa used as a preposition in newspapers.text/plain; charset=UTF-8CadaPrepositionObjects.txtObjects of čađa used as a preposition and their frequency in our data.text/plain; charset=UTF-8ExampleSources.txtThis file explains the abbreviations for the sources for the examples.text/plain; charset=UTF-8MannelPostpositionLiterature.txtThis file contains examples of maŋŋel used as a postposition in literature.text/plain; charset=UTF-8MannelPostpositionNews.txtThis file contains examples of maŋŋel used as a postposition in newspapers.text/plain; charset=UTF-8MannelPrepositionLiterature.txtThis file contains examples of maŋŋel used as a preposition in literature.text/plain; charset=UTF-8MannelPrepositionNews.txtThis file contains examples of maŋŋel used as a preposition in newspapers.text/plain; charset=UTF-8MiehtaPostpositionLiterature.txtThis file contains examples of miehtá used as a postposition in literature.text/plain; charset=UTF-8MiehtaPostpositionNews.txtThis file contains examples of miehtá used as a postposition in newspapers.text/plain; charset=UTF-8MiehtaPostpositionObjects.txtObjects of miehtá used as a postposition and their frequency in our data.text/plain; charset=UTF-8MiehtaPrepositionLiterature.txtThis file contains examples of miehtá used as a preposition in literature.text/plain; charset=UTF-8MiehtaPrepositionNews.txtThis file contains examples of miehtá used as a preposition in newspapers.text/plain; charset=UTF-8MiehtaPrepositionObjects.txtObjects of miehtá used as a preposition and their frequency in our data.text/plain; charset=UTF-8RastaPostpositionLiterature.txtThis file contains examples of rastá used as a postposition in literature.text/plain; charset=UTF-8RastaPostpositionNews.txtThis file contains examples of rastá used as a postposition in newspapers.text/plain; charset=UTF-8RastaPostpositionObjects.txtObjects of rastá used as a postposition and their frequency in our data.text/plain; charset=UTF-8RastaPrepositionLiterature.txtThis file contains examples of rastá used as a preposition in literature.text/plain; charset=UTF-8RastaPrepositionNews.txtThis file contains examples of rastá used as a preposition in newspapers.text/plain; charset=UTF-8RastaPrepositionObjects.txtObjects of rastá used as a preposition and their frequency in our data.text/plain; charset=UTF-8