The Semantic Development of the Words Komi поз, Udm. пуз in the Permic Languages Cover Image

Развитие семантики слов кomi поз, удм. пуз в пермских языках
The Semantic Development of the Words Komi поз, Udm. пуз in the Permic Languages

Author(s): Jevgenij Cypanov
Subject(s): Semantics, Finno-Ugrian studies
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: Komi language; Udmurt language; lexicology; emotive lexicon; grammaticalization; suffixoids; word formation; polysemy; pejoration;

Summary/Abstract: The article compares the diachronic development of the semantics of Proto-Uralic *pesa ’nest’, Permian *poz id. > Komi поз id., Udm. пуз ’egg’) The study shows that the word has undergone the greatest semantic change in the Komi-Zyryan dialects and literary language where the lexeme has gradually grammaticalized into a suffixoid. This morpheme is used in an emotive lexical subsystem, forming mostly pejoratives, for example, дышпоз ’sloth, lazybones’.

  • Issue Year: LIV/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 31-39
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian