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The nanosyntax of Hungarian postpositions

open access: yesNordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2009
This article considers evidence for a Nanosyntactic approach to language from Hungarian PPs. Hungarian postpositions can be divided into classes: those which take a complement without morphologically visible case (dressed postpositions), and those which ...
Éva Dékány
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Polysemy patterns of two postpositions marking class-membership and property assignment in Jeli (Central Mande)

open access: yesMandenkan, 2013
This paper examines the polysemy patterns of two postpositions marking class-membership and property assignment in Jeli, a Central Mande language, in terms of metaphorical extensions and iconic motivation.
Holger Tröbs
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Function words words dӗlja and radi in the Old Russian language: Prepositions, postpositions or something else? [PDF]

open access: yesRhema. Рема, 2021
In this article, we try to figure out the linear order rules for the functional words dӗlja and radi as represented in Old Russian texts from the 11th to the 13th century.
E. Sokolov
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The origin of instrumental postpositions in Cahita (Uto-Aztecan): A new account

open access: yesCuadernos de Lingüística de El Colegio de México, 2023
This paper presents a diachronic analysis of instrumental postpositions in Cahita languages (…Tehueco, Yaqui and Mayo; Uto-Aztecan). Based on historical data from the beginning of the 17th century (Buelna 1890) and hypotheses about the possible bridging
Albert Álvarez González
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Body-part adpositions in Gaahmg--Grammaticalized forms with person-marker vowels

open access: yesStudies in African Linguistics, 2014
Many African languages employ body parts as adpositions (Heine 1989), the general pattern in Gaahmg, with one locative postposition perhaps derived from ‘vagina’.
Timothy M. Stirtz
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Lithuanian dabar̃ ‘now’ and the Baltic *-ā́-illative

open access: yesVilnius University Open Series, 2022
Lithuanian dabar̃ ‘now’ comes from the illative of the continuative adverb dãbar ‘still, yet’; schematically: dãbar ‘still, yet’ → illative *dabar-ā́ > *dabarà > dabar̃ ‘now’. Change in accentuation visible in dãbar ‘still, yet’ vs. dabar̃  ‘now’ brings
Norbert Ostrowski
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Semantics of Postpositions with the Meaning ‘Between, Among’ in Mongolic Languages

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2021
Introduction. This article is devoted to the semantics of postpositions with the meaning ‘between’ and ‘among’ in the Mongolian languages. Currently, the scholars are increasingly paying attention to studies of the spatial characteristics of various ...
Liudmila A. Lidzhieva   +3 more
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Postposition деер in the Kalmyk Language: Spatial Semantics

open access: yesМонголоведение, 2020
Introduction. The article examines spatial uses of the postposition деер in the Kalmyk language. The semantic system of postpositions that form postpositional constructions comprises a complex area of various relations.
Liudmila L. Lidzhieva   +2 more
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Features of Postpositions in Chulym Language

open access: yesНаучный диалог, 2017
The article considers several postpositions in Chulym as compared with other Turkic languages. It is noted that despite the fact that their functions have similarities with those of nominal cases, their functional scope is much wider.
F. Başbuğ
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The Spatial Concept ‘Proximity’: Linguistic Expressive Means in Mongolic Languages Reviewed

open access: yesМонголоведение, 2022
Introduction. The article deals with key lexical and morphological means of expressing the spatial concept of proximity in Mongolic languages. Such lexical means include adjectives, adverbs and verbs, while morphological ones are case forms and ...
Liudmila A. Lidzhieva   +4 more
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