Lakó György: Proto Finno-Ugric sources of the Hungarian phonetic stock (Budapest, 1968)
OY. LAKÓ PROTO FINNO-UGRIC SOURCES OF THE HUNGARIAN PHONETIC STOCK The author expounds the theory of Finno-Ugric relationship of languages, elucidates the degrees of affinity between the individual Finno-Ugric languages and explains the reasons why Hungarian today is different from the tongues related to it. By way of introduction, he discusses the relationship of Finno-Ugric comparative phonetics with Hungarian historical phonetics, and pointing out the special tasks of Finno-Ugric comparative phonetics, he gives information about the material and sources of the comparative studies. The main part of the book is devoted to the discussion of the Proto Finno-Ugric phonetic stock; derivatives existing in Hungarian and the other Finno-Ugric languages are introduced in a great abundance. The work may be of interest to all experts of comparative linguistics, though it is primarily intended to meet the requirements of university students dealing with Finno-Ugric (Uralic) linguistics. The book has been written in a style well understandable even without more profound knowledge of phonetics, and it will certainly satisfy the demands of the general reading public as well. AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest