The observations of Heikki Paasonen concerning word stress in Erzya and Moksha

Authors

• Niina Aasmäe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33340/susa.82641

Abstract

The present paper focuses on H. Paasonen’s observations concerning word stress in the dialects of Erzya and Moksha. The material collected by H. Paasonen during his research journeys is a valuable research source on the state of the Erzyan and Mokshan dialects at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century. H. Paasonen’s ideas concerning word stress in Erzya and Moksha have been pivotal in this area of research now for more than a century. With the historical source as a background, the author evaluates the present-day findings in the subject.