Mordvin (Erzya and Moksha)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23213551 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arja Hamari (0000-0002-3804-3415), Rigina Ajanki (0000-0001-7236-6384) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 392-431 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198767664.003.0023 |
| OpenAlex | W4283277141 |
| ISBN | 9780198767664 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Mordvin, a minority language in European Russia, comprises two closely related languages, Erzya and Moksha, differing from each other mainly in phonology and morphology. The Mordvin languages exhibit a high degree of synthesis in nominal and verbal inflection. The ten cases have indefinite and definite forms; the latter are expressed with suffixation of former demonstrative pronouns. Mordvin has only three tenses, but six moods, most of which have merged from the main verb and the verb 'to be'. In the so-called objective or definite conjugation, the personal suffixes express both the person of the subject and that of the object. Mordvin has a rich system of infinitives, participles, and gerunds, functioning also as kernels of clausal constructions. Noun predicates can be conjugated as verbs. Owing to strong Russian influence the basic word order is now SVO. Russian influence can also be seen in the systematic palatalization of consonants before front vowels.
Demonstrative · Dependency (UML) · Gerund · Infinitive · Inflection · Linguistics · Nominative case · Noun · Object (grammar) · Phonology · Subject (documents) · Verb · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |