Notes on the Modal Predicator naada in Sakha (from a Taimyr Dolgan Perspective)

• Published in: Studia Orientalia Electronica
• Main Author: Florian Siegl
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Finnish Oriental Society 2021
• Subjects: sakha; taimyr dolgan; kolyma yukaghir; tundra yukaghir; deontic modality; borrowing; contrastive grammar; History of Asia; DS1-937; History of Africa; DT1-3415; Languages and literature of Eastern Asia; Africa; Oceania; PL1-8844; Sakha; Kolyma; Luke; Kolyma Yukaghir; Taimyr; Tundra; Yukaghir; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.23993/store.95601; https://doaj.org/article/38cc0c4fe5454b46bd6a4697e9a7d12a

This paper addresses the syntax, semantics, and history of the modal deontic predictors naada and tustaax in Sakha and contrasts their use with Sakha's closest linguistic relative Taimyr Dolgan. In this respect, this study is a continuation of Siegl (2019), which, in passing, already reported s...