Specialized converbs and adverbial subordination in Axaxdәrә Akhvakh

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ID20034155
AuthorsDenis Creissels (0000-0003-4220-7950, Université Lumière (Lyon2), Fédération Typologie et Universaux linguistiques – CNRS, corresponding author)
Year2010
Pages105-142
Publication date2010-11-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueClause linking and clause hierarchy (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/slcs.121.04cre
OpenAlexW2188730605
ISBN9789027205889
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited3

Northern Akhvakh, like other Nakh-Daghestanian languages, has a large inventory of converbs specialized in the expression of various semantic types of adverbial subordination: locative, temporal, conditional, concessive, similative, gradual, and purposive. After outlining the general characteristics of Akhvakh morphosyntax, this paper describes the morphology and the uses of the individual converbs, and discusses the possibility of reconstructing their origins. Attention is drawn to the high proportion of etymologically transparent converbs, which suggests that the particular type of morphosyntactic organization characteristic of Nakh-Daghestanian languages favors grammaticalization processes that do not modify the overall organization of the adverbial subordination system, but result in a constant and relatively rapid renewal of the inventories of specialized converbs

Adverbial · Grammaticalization · Linguistics · Locative case · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy

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