List of figures, maps, tables, and dialect overviews ............ 9
Note on orthographies, place names, and quotations ............. 15
Preface ........................................................ 17
1 Lexical Variation in Saami? ................................. 19
1.1 Communication, lexicon, and linguistic variation ....... 19
1.2 The Saami language today ............................... 21
2 The History of Research into Saami Dialect Differentiation .. 27
2.1 Beginnings (the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries) ......... 28
2.2 Foundations (1880s - c. 1980) .......................... 38
2.2.1 Parts of the language area ...................... 38
2.2.2 The language area as a whole .................... 48
2.3 Revisions and clarifications (since c. 1980) ........... 61
2.3.1 Parts of the language area ...................... 62
2.3.2 The language area as a whole .................... 68
2.4 Concluding remarks ..................................... 80
3 The Scope of the Present Study .............................. 83
4 Problems of Terminology ..................................... 85
5 Material .................................................... 93
5.1 The ALE material ....................................... 94
5.1.1 Network of localities ........................... 94
5.1.2 Questionnaire ................................... 97
5.1.3 Collecting and editing .......................... 98
5.1.4 Limitations of the material .................... 101
5.2 The ALE material used in the present study ............ 102
5.3 Representativity and source criticism ................. 102
6 Words Exemplified .......................................... 109
6.1 Word geography as approach ............................ 109
6.2 Verbs of communication ('talk', 'say', 'tell',
'ask', 'beg') ......................................... 110
6.3 'Thunder', 'lightning', and 'rainbow' ................. 117
6.4 The days of the week .................................. 122
6.5 Concluding remarks .................................... 130
7 Dialect Relations .......................................... 131
7.1 Dialectometry as practice ............................. 132
7.2 Gåebri ................................................ 139
7.3 Suorssá ............................................... 141
7.4 Girjes/Girjjis ........................................ 145
7.5 Gárasavvon ............................................ 151
7.6 Guovdageaidnu ......................................... 154
7.7 Návuotna .............................................. 157
7.8 Aanaar ................................................ 161
7.9 A'kkel ................................................ 166
7.10 Luujaavv'r ............................................ 169
7.11 Comparing the nine points of inquiry .................. 173
7.12 Concluding remarks .................................... 182
8 Conclusions ................................................ 183
Epilogue ...................................................... 187
Sánit ja suopmanat
(Čoahkkáigeassu davvisámegillii / North Saami summary) ........ 189
Abbreviations ................................................. 191
References .................................................... 195
List of place names ........................................... 213
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