Publications by Matti Miestamo October 10, 2013 Monographs and theses 1. Miestamo, Matti. 2005. Standard negation: The negation of declarative verbal main clauses in a typological perspective (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 31). Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 2. Miestamo, Matti. 2003. Clausal negation: A typological study. Helsinki: University of Helsinki Ph.D. dissertation. 3. Miestamo, Matti. 1997. Negaatiosta sekä affirmaation ja negaation välisestä asymmetriasta [On negation and the asymmetry between affirmation and negation]. Turku: University of Turku MA thesis. Textbooks 4. Ojutkangas, Krista, Meri Larjavaara, Matti Miestamo & Jussi Ylikoski. 2009. Johdatus kielitieteeseen [Introduction to linguistics]. Helsinki: WSOY. Edited volumes (excluding journal editorship) 5. Kolehmainen, Leena, Matti Miestamo & Taru Nordlund (eds.). 2013. Kielten vertailun metodiikka [The methodology of language comparison] (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran toimituksia 1387). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. 6. Miestamo, Matti, Kaius Sinnemäki & Fred Karlsson (eds.). 2008. Language complexity: Typology, contact, change (Studies in Language Companion Series 94). Amsterdam: Benjamins. 7. Miestamo, Matti & Bernhard Wälchli (eds.). 2007. New challenges in typology: Broadening the horizons and redefining the foundations (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 189). Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 8. Suominen, Mickael, Antti Arppe, Anu Airola, Orvokki Heinämäki, Matti Miestamo, Urho Määttä, Jussi Niemi, Kari K. Pitkänen & Kaius Sinnemäki (eds.). 2006. A man of measure: Festschrift in Honour of Fred Karlsson on His 60th Birthday (Special Supplement to SKY Journal of Linguistics, volume 19, 2006). Turku: The Linguistic Association of Finland. 1
Scholarly articles and book chapters 9. Miestamo, Matti. In press. Partitives and negation: A cross-linguistic survey. In Tuomas Huumo & Silvia Luraghi (eds.), Partitives. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 10. Miestamo, Matti. 2013. Kielten vertailu kielitypologisessa tutkimuksessa [Language comparison in language-typological research]. In Leena Kolehmainen, Matti Miestamo & Taru Nordlund (eds.), Kielten vertailun metodiikka [The methodology of language comparison] (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran toimituksia 1387), 27-55. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. 11. Kolehmainen, Leena, Matti Miestamo & Taru Nordlund. 2013. Johdanto: Kielten vertailu tutkimusmenetelmänä kieli- ja käännöstieteessä [Introduction: Language comparison as a research method in linguistics and translation studies]. In Leena Kolehmainen, Matti Miestamo & Taru Nordlund (eds.), Kielten vertailun metodiikka [The methodology of language comparison] (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran toimituksia 1387), 7-23. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. 12. Miestamo, Matti. 2011. Skolt Saami: A typological profile. Journal de la Société Finno-Ougrienne 93. 111-145. 13. Miestamo, Matti. 2011. A typological perspective on negation in Finnish dialects. Nordic Journal of Linguistics. 34 (2). 83-104. (DOI:10.1017/S0332586511000126) 14. Miestamo, Matti. 2011. Polar interrogatives in Uralic languages: A typological perspective. Linguistica Uralica 47 (1). 1-21. (DOI:10.3176/lu.2011.1.01) 15. Miestamo, Matti & Johan van der Auwera. 2011. Negation and perfective vs. imperfective aspect. In Jesse Mortelmans, Tanja Mortelmans & Walter De Mulder (eds.), From now to eternity (Cahiers Chronos 22), 65-84. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi. 16. Miestamo, Matti. 2010. Joseph Greenberg ja kielitypologia [Joseph Greenberg and language typology]. In Pentti Haddington & Jari Sivonen (eds.), Kielentutkimuksen modernit klassikot [The modern classics of linguistics], 153-182. Helsinki: Gaudeamus. 17. Miestamo, Matti. 2010. Negatives without negators. In Jan Wohlgemuth & Michael Cysouw (eds.), Rethinking universals: How rarities affect linguistic theory (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 45), 169-194. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 18. Miestamo, Matti. 2009. Negation. In Frank Brisard, Jan-Ola Östman & Jef Verschueren (eds.), Grammar, meaning and pragmatics (Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights 5), 208-229. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 19. Miestamo, Matti. 2009. On tense-aspect-mood in polar interrogatives. In Current issues in unity and diversity of languages: Collection of the papers selected from the CIL 18, held at Korea University in Seoul, on July 21-26, 2008, 1465-1479. Seoul: The Linguistic Society of Korea. 20. Miestamo, Matti. 2009. Implicational hierarchies and grammatical complexity. In Geoffrey Sampson, David Gil & Peter Trudgill (eds.), Language complexity as an evolving variable (Studies in the Evolution of Language 13), 80-97. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 21. McGregor, William & Matti Miestamo. 2008. Nils M. Holmer's research on Australian languages. In William McGregor (ed.), Encountering Aboriginal Languages: Studies in the History of Australian Linguistics (Pacific Linguistics 591), 219-250. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 2
22. Miestamo, Matti. 2008. Symmetric and asymmetric standard negation. In Martin Haspelmath, Matthew S. Dryer, David Gil & Bernard Comrie (eds), The world atlas of language structures online. Munich: Max Planck Digital Library, chapter 113. 23. Miestamo, Matti. 2008. Subtypes of asymmetric standard negation. In Martin Haspelmath, Matthew S. Dryer, David Gil & Bernard Comrie (eds), The world atlas of language structures online. Munich: Max Planck Digital Library, chapter 114. 24. Miestamo, Matti. 2008. Grammatical complexity in a cross-linguistic perspective. In Matti Miestamo, Kaius Sinnemäki & Fred Karlsson (eds.), Language complexity: Typology, contact, change (Studies in Language Companion Series 94), 23-41. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 25. Karlsson, Fred, Matti Miestamo & Kaius Sinnemäki. 2008. Introduction: The problem of language complexity. In Matti Miestamo, Kaius Sinnemäki &Fred Karlsson (eds.), Language complexity: Typology, contact, change (Studies in Language Companion Series 94), vii-xiv. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 26. Miestamo, Matti. 2007. Negation an overview of typological research. Language and Linguistics Compass 1 (5). 552-570. (DOI:10.1111/j.1749-818X.2007.00026.x) 27. Miestamo, Matti. 2007. Symmetric and asymmetric encoding of functional domains, with remarks on typological markedness. In Matti Miestamo & Bernhard Wälchli (eds.), New challenges in typology: Broadening the horizons and redefining the foundations (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 189), 293-314. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 28. Miestamo, Matti & Bernhard Wälchli. 2007. Introduction. In Matti Miestamo & Bernhard Wälchli (eds), New challenges in typology: Broadening the horizons and redefining the foundations (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 189), 1-8. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 29. Miestamo, Matti & Johan van der Auwera. 2007. Negative declaratives and negative imperatives: Similarities and differences. In Andreas Ammann (ed.), Linguistics Festival, May 2006 Bremen (Diversitas Linguarum 14), 59-77. Bochum: Brockmeyer. 30. Miestamo, Matti. 2006. Negation. In Jan-Ola Östman & Jef Verschueren (eds.), Handbook of pragmatics: The 2006 installment, 1-25. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 31. Miestamo, Matti. 2006. On the complexity of standard negation. In Mickael Suominen, Antti Arppe, Anu Airola, Orvokki Heinämäki, Matti Miestamo, Urho Määttä, Jussi Niemi, Kari K. Pitkänen & Kaius Sinnemäki (eds.), A man of measure: Festschrift in Honour of Fred Karlsson on His 60th Birthday (Special Supplement to SKY Journal of Linguistics, volume 19, 2006), 345-356. Turku: The Linguistic Association of Finland. 32. Miestamo, Matti. 2006. On the feasibility of complexity metrics. In Krista Kerge & Maria-Maren Sepper (eds.), Finest linguistics. Proceedings of the Annual Finnish and Estonian Conference of Linguistics. Tallinn, May 6-7, 2004 (Publications of the Department of Estonian of Tallinn University 8), 11-26. Tallinn: Tallinn University Press. 33. Miestamo, Matti. 2006. Suomi maailman kielten joukossa eli mikä suomen rakenteessa onkaan erityistä [Finnish among the word s languages or what is it that is special about the structure of Finnish]. In Minna Harmanen & Mari Siiroinen (eds.), Kielioppi koulussa [Grammar in school] (Äidinkielen opettajain liiton vuosikirja XLX), 43-54. Helsinki: Äidinkielen opettajain liitto. 3
34. Miestamo, Matti. 2005. Symmetric and asymmetric standard negation. In Martin Haspelmath, Matthew Dryer, David Gil & Bernard Comrie (eds.), The world atlas of language structures, 458-461. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 35. Miestamo, Matti. 2005. Subtypes of asymmetric standard negation. In Martin Haspelmath, Matthew Dryer, David Gil & Bernard Comrie (eds), The world atlas of language structures, 462-465. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 36. Miestamo, Matti. 2004. Suomen kieltoverbikonstruktio typologisessa valossa [A typological perspective on the Finnish negative verb construction]. Virittäjä 108 (3). 364-388. 37. Miestamo, Matti. 2004. Lausekielto maailman kielissä [Clausal negation in the world's languages]. Puhe ja kieli 24 (3). 125-141. 38. Miestamo, Matti. 2000. Towards a typology of standard negation. Nordic Journal of Linguistics 23 (1). 65-88. 39. Miestamo, Matti. 2000. Negaation typologiasta: yleistä ja uralilaista [On the typology of negation: General and Uralic]. In Anneli Pajunen (ed.), Näkökulmia kielitypologiaan [Perspectives into typology], 246-285. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. 40. Miestamo, Matti. 1999. Negation. In Jan Blommaert, Chris Bulcaen, Jan-Ola Östman & Jef Verschueren (eds.), Handbook of Pragmatics: The 1999 Installment, 1-25. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 41. Miestamo, Matti. 1998. Affirmaation ja negaation asymmetriasta maailman kielissä [On the asymmetry between affirmation and negation in the world s languages]. In Anneli Pajunen (ed.), Kieliopillistumisesta, analogiasta ja typologiasta [On grammaticalization, analogy and typology], 182-216. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. Reviews 42. Miestamo, Matti. 2011. Review of Norbert Cyffer, Erwin Ebermann & Georg Ziegelmeyer (eds.), 2009, Negation patterns in West African languages and beyond (Typological Studies in Language 87), Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung 63 (3). 277-279. 43. Miestamo, Matti. 2006. Review of John A. Hawkins, 2004, Efficiency and complexity in grammars., Oxford: Oxford University Press. Functions of Language 13 (2). 277-284. 44. Miestamo, Matti. 2006. Review of Zygmunt Frajzyngier & Erin Shay, 2003, Explaining language structure through systems interaction (Typological Studies in Languge 55), Amsterdam: Benjamins. Studies in Language 30 (3). 617-626. 45. Miestamo, Matti. 2005. Iso suomen kielioppi typologin silmin [Iso suomen kielioppi through the eyes of a typologist]. Virittäjä 109 (4). 570-577. [Review of Iso suomen kielioppi, Auli Hakulinen et al. (eds.), Helsinki: SKS, 2004] 46. Miestamo, Matti. 2005. Book notice on Gareth King, 2003, Modern Welsh. A comprehensive grammar, 2nd edn (Comprehensive Grammars), London: Routledge. Language 81 (2). 532-533. 4
47. Miestamo, Matti. 2003. A grammar of Ma'di. Linguist 14.3284. [Review of Mairi Blackings & Nigel Fabb, 2003, A grammar of Ma'di (Mouton Grammar Library 32), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.] [Available at http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-3284.html] 48. Miestamo, Matti. 1999. Johdatusta typologiaan [Introduction to typology]. Virittäjä 103 (2). 320-324. [Review of Lindsay J. Whaley, 1997, Introduction to typology: The unity and diversity of language, Thousand Oaks: Sage.] Other publications 49. Haukioja, Timo, Ilona Herlin & Matti Miestamo. 2008. Greetings from the editors of the first SKY JoL. SKY Journal of Linguistics 21. 8. 50. ben-aaron, Diana, Meri Larjavaara, Matti Miestamo & Jarno Raukko. 2000. Field guide to mailing lists. Pragmatics, Ideology and Contacts Bulletin 5. 50-56. 51. Miestamo, Matti. 1999. Suomi ja maailman kielet [Finnish and the world s languages]. In Laura Kolbe & Markku Löytönen (eds.), Suomi: maa, kansa, kulttuurit [Finland: Country, peoples, cultures], 267-268. Helsinki: SKS. 5