The use of Russian conjunctions in the speech of bilingual Kazakhs

Bibliographic Data

ID20507485
AuthorsRaihan Muhamedowa (University Giessen, Germany, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume13
Issue3
Pages331-356
Publication date2009-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Bilingualism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1367-0069 • E-ISSN: 1756-6878
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1367006909346613
OpenAlexW2015038205
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited7

The article analyzes the insertion of the Russian causal clause conjunction поTому чTо (‘because’) and the complementizer чTо (‘that’) in Kazakh clauses. The study is based on taped interviews made in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The analysis is based on the main concepts of the Matrix Language Frame (MLF) model. Kazakh, a Turkic language, is claimed to have non-finite and finite subordination patterns but the common way of modelling causal clauses is the left-branching non-finite structure. The study shows that this type of genuine Kazakh causal clause is totally absent in the speech of bilinguals. Because of the strong Russian influence, the right-branching structure with a finite verb becomes common. The study records a syntactic change in spoken Kazakh. Kazakh causal clauses become more similar to the Russian pattern. The complement clauses are not under the same strong Russian influence as causal clauses. Russian complementizer чTо occurs mostly as a part of a preceding Russian main clause. The data also offer examples of composite matrix language, a concept of the MFL model where two languages provide the syntax of a bilingual clause

Complementizer · Dependent clause · Kazakh · Linguistics · Non-finite clause · Sentence · Syntax · Computer Science · Cultural, Linguistic, Economic Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Philosophy

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