The nanosyntax of Hungarian postpositions [PDF]
Nordlyd: 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) [PDF]
Mandenkan, 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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Features of Postpositions in Chulym Language [PDF]
Научный 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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Function words words dӗlja and radi in the Old Russian language: Prepositions, postpositions or something else? [PDF]
Rhema. 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
Cuadernos 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
Studies 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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Semantics of Postpositions with the Meaning ‘Between, Among’ in Mongolic Languages
Oriental 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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The alternation between exterior locative cases and postpositions in Estonian web texts
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2021 . A probabilistic grammar approach to language assumes that grammatical knowledge has a probabilistic component and that this probabilistic knowledge of language is derived from language experience. It is assumed that the extent and nature of grammatical
Jane Klavan
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Lithuanian dabar̃ ‘now’ and the Baltic *-ā́-illative
Vilnius 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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Image schematic analysis of Bangla postpositions
Acta Scientiarum: Language and Culture, 2018 Spatial relationships are fundamental in shaping our interactions with the physical world. They also play a significant role in our construal of abstract ideas in terms of space.
Tanima Bagchi, Rajesh Kumar
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