Kuidas läti-eesti keelekontakt on mõjutanud eesti murdekeele grammatikat ja sõnamoodustust
Impact of Latvian-Estonian language contacts on the grammar and word-formation of Estonian dialects

Summary/Abstract: Latvian-Estonian and Estonian-Latvian contacts have had and increasingly have a trans-language character; they have occurred and occur through the prevalent intermediary languages. Both Estonian and Latvian have been heavily influenced by three contact languages: German, Russian, and English. For this reason, it is very difficult to establish the mutual morphological, syntactic, and semantic impact between Estonian and Latvian. The article deals with the development of the Estonian-Latvian linguistic boundary, the emergence of Estonian linguistic enclaves in Latvia, and the nature of Latvian-Estonian linguistic contacts.

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