Deadjectival verbs in the Hill Mari language: derivation and semantics Cover Image

Деадъективные глаголы в горномарийском языке: словообразование и семантика
Deadjectival verbs in the Hill Mari language: derivation and semantics

Author(s): Vadim V. Dyachkov
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Semantics, Finno-Ugrian studies
Published by: Институт языкознания Российской академии наук
Keywords: Hill Mary language; verbal aspect; adjectives; scalarity theory; typology;

Summary/Abstract: In this article, deadjective verbs in the Hill Mari language are considered. The author consecutively describes first the suffixes that can create deadjective verbs, then the distribution of markers and semantic features of verbs. Semantics of deadjective markers is examined from the point of view of the scalarity theory. We show that Hill Mari verbs possess significant properties, which the theory of scalarity does not predict. Finally, an attempt is made to explain this deviation from the theory.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 04 (27)
  • Page Range: 7-22
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Russian