47 research outputs found
Epistemic Modality and Related Categories in Nivkh
Epistemic modality deals with the speakerβs evaluation of the truthfulness of the proposition expressed by an utterance. This category is known to be closely connected with other qualificational categories, such as evidentiality and mirativity. The paper explores the semantic and morphosyntactic properties of various modal, evidential, and mirative grammatical markers (particles, clitics, and suffixes) in the Amur and East Sakhalin dialects of Nivkh (Paleosiberian). It also discusses different patterns of semantic and grammatical changes underlying the development of verbal mood in Nivkh and the effect of these changes on the structure of the Nivkh clause.ΠΠΏΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠ°Ρ ΠΌΠΎΠ΄Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ Ρ
Π°ΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ·ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΡ Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡΡΡΠΈΠΌ ΠΈΡΡΠΈΠ½Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎ ΠΏΠΎ Π·ΠΈΡΠΈΠΈ, Π²ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π² Π²ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠΈ. ΠΡΠ° ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎΡΠΈΡ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠ²ΡΠ·Π°Π½Π° Ρ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΠΊΠ²Π°Π»ΠΈ ΡΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π½ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎΡΠΈΡΠΌΠΈ, ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΈ ΠΌΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²Π½ΠΎΡΡΡ. Π ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ ΠΈΡΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΡΡΡΡ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ°Π½ΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈ ΠΌΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΉΡΡΠ²Π° ΡΠ°Π·Π»ΠΈΡΠ½ΡΡ
ΠΌΠΎΠ΄Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΡ
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ΠΈ ΠΌΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²Π½ΡΡ
ΠΌΠ°ΡΠΊΠ΅ΡΠΎΠ² (ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈΡ, ΠΊΠ»ΠΈΡΠΈΠΊ ΠΈ ΡΡΡΡΠΈΠΊΡΠΎΠ²) Π² Π°ΠΌΡΡΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ Π²ΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎ-ΡΠ°Ρ
Π°Π»ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ Π΄ΠΈΠ°Π»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ΅ Π½ΠΈΠ²Ρ
ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ·ΡΠΊΠ°. Π Π½Π΅ΠΉ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠΆΠ΄Π°ΡΡΡΡ ΡΠ°Π·Π»ΠΈΡ Π½ΡΠ΅ ΠΌΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π»ΠΈ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ°Π½ΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΡ
ΠΈ Π³ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΡ
ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ Π»Π΅ΠΆΠ°Ρ Π² ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π΅ ΡΠ°Π·Π²ΠΈΡΠΈΡ ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎΡΠΈΠΈ Π½Π°ΠΊΠ»ΠΎΠ½Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ Π² Π½ΠΈΠ²Ρ
ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ·ΡΠΊΠ΅, Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ Π²Π»ΠΈΡΠ½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΡΠΈΡ
ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ Π½Π° ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΡΠΊΡΡΡΠΈΠ·Π°ΡΠΈΡ Π½ΠΈΠ²Ρ
ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ
Demonstratives in Nivkh : A semantic and pragmatic analysis
This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of the morphosyntactic, semantic and pragmatic features of Nivkh demonstratives, which represent a typologically interesting example of an exceptionally elaborated speaker-anchored deictic system. The deictic properties of the demonstratives can be described either in terms of a binary system with the opposition between βproximalβ and βnon-proximalβ areas as viewed from the deictic centre, or in terms of a multiple system that is organised hierarchically and may be divided into primary and secondary systems, which together define fifteen spatial zones around the deictic centre. Beyond spatial proximity, the demonstratives may also encode a number of non-deictic features such as quality, quantity, dimension, preciseness of location, and visibility. This paper distinguishes between six morphosyntactic classes of demonstratives and shows how the different deictic and non-deictic features correlate with their pragmatic uses.Peer reviewe
Nganasan - a fresh focus on a little known Arctic language
Book review. Reviewed work: A Grammar of Nganasan. (Grammars and Language Sketches of the Worldβs Languages: Indigenous Languages of Russia.) / BeΓ‘ta Wagner-Nagy. - Leiden: Brill, 2018. xviii, 583 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-38275-6 (hardback), 978-90-04-38276-3 (e-book).Peer reviewe
Nivkh toponyms in the Amur-Sakhalin region of the Russian Far East
This paper offers a survey of the indigenous toponymy of a limited geographical region covering the lower course of the river Amur and the island of Sakhalin in the Russian Far East. Place names of this region come from both indigenous and colonial languages and reveal several historical layers. The paper focuses on the toponyms which originate from the genetically isolated Nivkh (Ghilyak) language and examines the structural and semantic patterns of their derivation. The analysis of the material confirms that toponymy encodes important information about the ways in which indigenous peoples conceptualize the world and perceive their immediate ecological environment.Peer reviewe
Towards a typology of demonstrative verbs
Demonstratives have traditionally been recognized as a semantic category in which different members are classified as belonging to certain lexical or syntactic categories. Current research suggests there are at least 7 different distinct lexical categories: determiners, pronouns, adverbs, non-verbal predicators, verbs, adpositions, and articles. This study looks at one of the aforementioned category of demonstratives, demonstrative verbs, based on a sample of 101 languages with demonstrative verbs out of a total of 1182 languages examined. We present a typological classification of demonstrative verbs based on semantics, an exploration on the morphosyntactic properties of demonstrative verbs and their use in different pragmatic functions, and vast illustrative data in support of our analysis