Nganasan
Abstract Nganasan (in older literature also known as "Tavgy Samoyed") is an indigenous language in northernmost Siberia, now acutely endangered. It is characterized by some interesting morphophonological processes such as a highly complex consonant gradation and suffix harmony. This chapte...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780198767664.003.0037 2023-05-15T17:23:39+02:00 Nganasan Wagner-Nagy, Beáta 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198767664.003.0037 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/47097689/oso-9780198767664-chapter-37.pdf unknown Oxford University PressOxford The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages page 754-776 ISBN 0198767668 9780198767664 9780191821516 book-chapter 2022 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198767664.003.0037 2023-04-07T10:24:51Z Abstract Nganasan (in older literature also known as "Tavgy Samoyed") is an indigenous language in northernmost Siberia, now acutely endangered. It is characterized by some interesting morphophonological processes such as a highly complex consonant gradation and suffix harmony. This chapter briefly describes Nganasan phonology, morphology and syntax, with special respect to typologically interesting features such as the rich verb inflection (subject and object agreement, four morphologically marked tenses and fourteen moods), word order, and negation. One of the numerous interesting characteristics of Nganasan is the presence of two different copulas for different types of existential sentences. Predicative possession can be expressed either with a ‘have’ verb or with an existential-like construction. Book Part Nganasan* samoyed* Siberia Oxford University Press (via Crossref) 753 776 |
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Abstract Nganasan (in older literature also known as "Tavgy Samoyed") is an indigenous language in northernmost Siberia, now acutely endangered. It is characterized by some interesting morphophonological processes such as a highly complex consonant gradation and suffix harmony. This chapter briefly describes Nganasan phonology, morphology and syntax, with special respect to typologically interesting features such as the rich verb inflection (subject and object agreement, four morphologically marked tenses and fourteen moods), word order, and negation. One of the numerous interesting characteristics of Nganasan is the presence of two different copulas for different types of existential sentences. Predicative possession can be expressed either with a ‘have’ verb or with an existential-like construction. |
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Nganasan* samoyed* Siberia |
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