Elements of the Moksha language in a typological perspective
The reviewed book is a striking example of systematization of fieldwork research results based on the interaction of different generations and approaches to the description of language material. In the heart of the book lie dialectal data that were collected during fieldwork with speakers of the Central dialect of the Moksha language in the Mordovian villages of Lesnoje Cibajevo, Lesnoje Ardashevo, and Lesnyje Sijaly. The book consists of not only a typologically oriented description of language material, but also an analysis within both functional and formal approaches. It provides a broad description of Moksha morphology, semantic and syntactic interface. The author of the review aims to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each of the thirty-six chapters of the monograph, noting their significance in comparison with existing studies on Moksha.