Defining pronominal series

Demonstratives in West Circassian

Bibliographic Data

ID19405424
AuthorsY Lander (0000-0003-1798-7174, National Research University Higher School of Economics), Yury A Lander (HSE University), Shamset Sh Unarokova (Adyghe State University)
Year2024
Issue2
Publication date2024-04-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueVoprosy Jazykoznanija (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0373-658X
PublisherThe Russian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.31857/0373-658x.2024.2.93-121
OpenAlexW4401521968
LanguageEN
References cited28

We discuss the concept of “pronominal series” and some principles that can be used for distinguishing pronominal series from similar phenomena. These principles are further applied to demonstratives in West Circassian (a polysynthetic language of the West Caucasian family) as represented in a large corpus including texts of various genres. We show that West Circassian displays at least eleven series of demonstratives but also make additional observations on how the principles defining pronominal series can be used in complex cases

Demonstrative · Evidentiality · Grammaticalization · Linguistics · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Geology

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