Analytical constructions using forms of the verb ‘to be’ in Hill Mari Cover Image

Аналитические конструкции с формами глагола ‘быть’ в горномарийском языке
Analytical constructions using forms of the verb ‘to be’ in Hill Mari

Author(s): Daria Mordashova
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics, Finno-Ugrian studies
Published by: Институт языкознания Российской академии наук
Keywords: Hill Mari; Finno-Ugric languages; grammatical semantics; discontinuous past markers; mirativity;

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses analytical constructions with “frozen” forms of the verb ‘to be’ in Hill Mari (Mari < Finno-Permic < Finno-Ugric < Uralic). Semantics of these constructions is analysed within the framework of discontinuous past marking (also known as ‘retrospective shift’ in Russian academic tradition). Hill Mari data are compared to a number of other Finno- Ugric languages having a cognate construction, which highlights both regular patterns and some specific traits of Hill Mari.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 04 (27)
  • Page Range: 59-76
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Russian