Death of a Demonstrative

Person and Time. The Case of Estonian too

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9313779
AutoresRenate Pajusalu (0000-0003-0808-2680, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume42
Fascículo4
Páginas241-253
Data de publicação2006-04-25
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistica Uralica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0868-4731 • E-ISSN: 1736-7506
EditoraEstonian Academy Publishers (PUBLISHER • EE)
DOI10.3176/lu.2006.4.01
OpenAlexW4296023811
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8

Demonstratives comprise different systems in different Estonian dialect areas. The number of demonstrative pronouns in these systems ranges from one to three. The general tendency seems to be a decrease in the number of demonstrative pronouns in all dialectal varieties. The present article analyses the disintegration of two demonstrative systems. The article will first discuss the transformation of the South Estonian three-term demonstrative system into a two-term system. The remains of the two-term demonstrative system of Standard Estonian will then be analysed on the basis of the occurrence of the demonstrative too, which can probably be explained as a South Estonian influence. What is common to these cases is that the disappearing demonstrative starts to denote a human referent. However, this still happens in different ways and for different reasons

Demonstrative · Estonian · Linguistics · Political science · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European Linguistics and Anthropology · History · Philosophy