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Authored Books

Nikolaeva, Irina (2020) Yukaghir morphology in a historical and comparative perspective. Lincom GmbH. (LINCOM Studies in Asian Linguistics 92)

Nikolaeva, Irina and Spencer, Andrew (2019) Mixed categories: The Morphosyntax of noun modification. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)

Nikolaeva, Irina (2014) A grammar of Tundra Nenets. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

Ackerman, Farrell and Nikolaeva, Irina (2013) Descriptive typology and linguistics theory: a study in the morphosyntax of relative clauses. Stanford: CSLI.

Dalrymple, Mary and Nikolaeva, Irina (2011) Objects and information structure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Cambridge studies in linguistics, 131)

Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

Nikolaeva, Irina and Perekhvalskaya, Elena and Tolskaya, Maria (2003) Udeghe (Udihe) texts. Osaka, Japan: ELPR. (Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim (Series), A2-025)

Nikolaeva, Irina and Perekhvalskaya, Elena and Tolskaya, Maria (2002) Udeghe (Udihe) folk tales. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. (Tunguso-Sibirica 10)

Nikolaeva, Irina and Tolskaya, M. (2001) A Grammar of Udihe. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2000) Chrestomathia Yukagirica. Budapest: ELTE. (Uralisztikai tanulmányok)

Nikolaeva, Irina (1999) Ostyak. Muenchen; Newcastle: Lincom Europa. (Languages of the world. Materials ; 305)

Nikolaeva, Irina (1999) Ostyak texts in the Obdorsk dialect. Wiesbaden: Otto Harassowitz. (Studia uralica, Bd. 9)

Nikolaeva, Irina (1997) Yukaghir texts. Savariae: Berxsenyi Dániel Tanárképzö föiskola. (Specimina Sibirica, t. 13.)

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Bárány, András and Bond, Oliver and Nikolaeva, Irina, eds. (2019) Prominent Internal Possessors. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Nikolaeva, Irina, ed. (2018) Linguistic Typology. Critic Concepts in Linguistics. Routledge. (Critical Concepts in Linguistics)

Nikolaeva, Irina and Spencer, Andrew, eds. (2008) Editorial. Morphosyntactic mismatches and mixed categories. Amsterdam: Elsevier. (Special issue of Lingua. Vol 118 No. 4)

Nikolaeva, Irina, ed. (2007) Finiteness: Theoretical and empirical foundations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Book Chapters

Nikolaeva, Irina and Barany, Andras (2019) 'Proximate Possessors.' In: Barany, Andras and Bond, Oliver and Nikolaeva, Irina, (eds.), Prominent Internal Possessors. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 228-258.

Nikolaeva, Irina and Barany, Andras and Bond, Oliver (2019) 'Towards a typology of prominent internal possessors.' In: Barany, Andras and Bond, Oliver and Nikolaeva, Irina, (eds.), Prominent Internal Possessors. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-38.

Yadava, Yogendra and Bond, Oliver and Nikolaeva, Irina and Ritchie, Thomas Alexander France (2019) 'The syntax of possessor prominence in Maithili.' In: Barany, Andras and Bond, Oliver and Nikolaeva, Irina, (eds.), Prominent Internal Possessors. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 39-79.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2019) 'Focus as a morphosyntactic and morphosemantic feature.' In: Baerman, Matthew and Bond, Oliver and Hippisley, Andrew, (eds.), Morphological Perspectives. Papers in Honour of Greville G. Corbett. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 370-389.

Matic, Dejan and Nikolaeva, Irina (2018) 'From polarity focus to salient polarity: From things to processes.' In: Dimroth, Christine and Sudhoff, Stefan, (eds.), The Grammatical Realization of Polarity Contrast: Theoretical, empirical, and typological approaches. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 9-54. (Linguistics Today)

Nikolaeva, Irina and Ode, Cecilia (2018) 'The Lord’s Prayer in Yukagir.' In: The fascination with inner Eurasian languages in the 17th century. Amsterdam: Pegasus.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2017) 'The general noun-modifying clause construction in Tundra Nenets and its possible origin.' In: Matsumoto, Yoshiko and Comrie, Bernard and Sells, Peter, (eds.), Noun-Modifying Clause Constructions in Languages of Eurasia: Reshaping theoretical and geographical boundaries. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 147-178. (Typological Studies in Language)

Nikolaeva, Irina (2016) 'Analyses of the semantics of mood.' In: Nuyts, Jan and van der Auwera, Johan, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 68-85.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2015) 'Reference grammars.' In: Kiss, Tibor and Alexiadou, Artemis, (eds.), Syntax - Theory and Analysis: an International Handbook. Vol. 3. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, pp. 2036-2062.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2014) 'The Narrative Infinitive Construction in French and Latin.' In: Boas, Hans and Gonzálvez-García, Francisco, (eds.), Romance Perspectives on Construction Grammar. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 139-179.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2014) 'Altaic.' In: Lieber, Rochelle and Stekauer, Pavol, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 493-508.

Nikolaeva, Irina and Spencer, Andrew (2013) 'Possession and modification – a perspective from Canonical Typology.' In: Brown, Dunstan and Chumakina, Marina and Corbett, Greville, (eds.), Canonical Morphology and Syntax. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 207-238.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2012) 'Unpacking finiteness.' In: Corbett, Greville and Brown, Dunstan and Chumakina, Marina, (eds.), Canonical morphology and syntax. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2012) 'Nominal modification in Udihe and beyond.' In: Malchukov, Andrej and Whaley, Lindsey, (eds.), Recent advances in Tungusic linguistics. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2012) 'Periphrasis in Tundra Nenets.' In: Chumakina, Marina and Corbett, Greville, (eds.), Periphrasis: the role of syntax and morphology int he paradigms. Oxford: British Academy and Oxford University Press. (Proceedings of the British Academy, 180)

Nikolaeva, Irina (2009) 'Chuvan and Omok languages?' In: Lubotzky, Alexander, (ed.), Evidence and Counter-Evidence: Essays in Honour of Frederik Kortlandt. General linguistics. Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi, pp. 313-336.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2007) 'Constructional Economy and Nonfinite Independent Clauses.' In: Nikolaeva, I., (ed.), Finiteness. Theoretical and Empirical Foundations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 138-80.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2007) 'Recipriocals and sociatives in Udehe.' In: Nedjalkov, V., (ed.), Reciprocal constructions. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 933-968.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2005) 'Agreement and situation construal.' In: Fernandez-Vest, J.M., (ed.), The Uralic languages today. A linguistic and cognitive approach. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, Editeur.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2005) 'Modifier-Head Person Concord.' In: Booij, G. et al., (ed.), Morphology and Linguistic Typology. Proceedings of the Fourth Mediterranean Morphology Meeting (MMM4) Catania, 21-23 September 2003. Bologna: Università degli Studi di Bologna, pp. 221-234.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2003) 'The structure of the Tundra Nenets noun phrase.' In: Bakró-Nagy, Marianne and Rédei, Karoly, (eds.), Ünnepi kötet Honti László tiszteletére. Budapest: Magyar Tudomanyos Academia, pp. 315-327.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2002) 'The Hungarian external possessor in a European perspective.' In: Hasselblatt, C. and Blokland, R., (eds.), Finno-Ugrians and Indo-Europeans: Linguistic and Literary Contacts. Proceedings of the Symposium at the University of Groningen, November 22-24, 2001. Maastricht: Shaker.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2002) 'Possession vs. nominal attribution in Uralic.' In: Helimski, Eugen and Widmer, Anna, (eds.), Wŭśa wŭśa – Sei gegrüsst! Beiträge zur Finnougristik zu Ehren von Gert Sauer dargebracht zu seinem siebzigsten Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 239-250.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2001) 'A typology of secondary topic constructions.' In: Kibrik, Alexandr, (ed.), Lingvisticheskij bespredel. Moscow: MGU, pp. 274-288.

Journal Article

Barany, Andras and Nikolaeva, Irina (2021) 'On adjoined possessors.' Linguistic Inquiry, 52 (1). pp. 181-194.

Barany, Andras and Nikolaeva, Irina (2020) 'Possessive and non-identity relations in Turkic switch-reference.' Studies in Language, 44 (3). pp. 606-658.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2020) 'Constructional analogy and reanalysis in possessive applicatives.' Glossa, 5 (1). p. 80.

Bárány, András and Nikolaeva, Irina (2019) 'Possessors in switch-reference.' Glossa, 48 (1).

Spencer, Andrew and Nikolaeva, Irina (2017) 'Denominal adjectives as mixed categories.' Word Structure, 10 (1). pp. 79-99.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2015) 'On the expression of TAM on nouns: evidence from Tundra Nenets.' Lingua, 166. pp. 99-126.

Matic, Dejan and Nikolaeva, Irina (2014) 'Realis mood, focus, and existential closure in Tundra Yukaghir.' Lingua, 150. pp. 202-231.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2010) 'Finiteness in typology.' Language and Linguistics Compass, 3 (1). pp. 1176-1189.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2008) 'Between nouns and adjectives: a constructional view.' Lingua, 118 (7). pp. 969-996.

Iida, Masayo and Sells, Peter (2008) 'Mismatches between Morphology and Syntax in Japanese Complex Predicates.' Lingua, 118 (7). pp. 947-968.

Nikolaeva, Irina and Dalrymple, M. (2006) 'Syntax of Natural and Accidental Coordination: Evidence from Agreement.' Language, 82 (4). pp. 824-49.

Darlymple, Mary and Nikolaeva, Irina (2005) 'Nonsubject agreement and discourse roles.' Oxford University Working Papers in Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics, 10. pp. 73-94.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2001) 'Secondary topic as a relation in information structure.' Linguistics, 39 (1). pp. 1-49.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2000) 'The status of schwa in the phonological description of Northern Ostyak.' Finnisch-ugrische Mitteilungen, 23. pp. 121-148.

Nikolaeva, Irina (2000) 'The vocalic system of Udihe.' Eurasian Studies Yearbook. pp. 113-142.

Nikolaeva, Irina (1999) 'Object agreement, grammatical relations, and information structure.' Studies in Language, 23 (2). pp. 331-376.

Nikolaeva, Irina (1999) 'The semantics of Northern Khanty Evidentials.' Journal de la Société Finno-Ougrienne, 88. pp. 131-159.

Nikolaeva, Irina (1998) 'Optimal syllables are not always optimal: A prosodic structure of Yukaghir.' Lingua, 105 (3). pp. 201-229.

Nikolaeva, Irina and Kovgan, Elena and Koshkareva, Natalia (1993) 'Communicative roles in Ostyak syntax.' Finnisch Ugrischen Forschungen, 30. pp. 125-167.

Nikolaeva, Irina and Zhukova, Ljudmila and Demina, Ljubov (1993) 'Les Yukaghirs.' Etudes mongoles et sibiriennes. pp. 175-190.

Nikolaeva, Irina (1992) 'Old Yukaghir sources and dialects.' Ural-Altaische Jahrbücher, 11. pp. 200-210.

Book Reviews

Nikolaeva, Irina (2005) '[review article of:] Elena Maslova "A grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir".' Linguistic Typology, 9 (2). 299 -325.

Audios

Nikolaeva, Irina and Garrett, Edward (2015) The endangered languages and cultures of Siberia. UNSPECIFIED. [Audio]

Nikolaeva, Irina and Garrett, Edward (2014) Online documentation of Siberian languages. UNSPECIFIED. [Audio]

Other

Matić, Dejan and Nikolaeva, Irina (2014) 'Focus feature percolation: Evidence from Tundra Nenets and Tundra Yukaghir.' In: Proceedings of the 21th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. CSLI online publication. pp. 299-317.

Merin, Arthur and Nikolaeva, Irina (2008) 'Exclamative as a Universal Speech Act Category: a case study in Decision-Theoretic Semantics and typological implications.' Online Semantics Archive: