Advanced description of minor Finno-Ugric languages with intricate phonology-morphology interface

The project is aimed at the investigation, description and documentation of those minor Finno-Ugric languages that have especially intricate inflectional systems. We are interested in mutual correlations between morphological and phonetic features, both segmental and suprasegmental, that result in numerous alternations within a paradigm. The primary focus of the research is on Ingrian, Karelian and Inari Saami, but the data from other minor Finnic and Saami languages will also be considered. The main goals of the project are (a) to elaborate a unified theoretical approach to the description of inflection in these languages, (b) to investigate main principles of interaction in the phonology-morphology interface, (c) to compile several language resources (primarily, morphological dictionaries and phonetic data bases) targeted at both the academic circles and language communities, (d) to investigate morphological variation and the role of language contacts in morphological developments.