The first imperative of Tungusic

In this paper it will be argued that the “so-called” paradigm of the First Imperative of Tungusic is secondary. The functions attributed to the First Imperative may have been originally conveyed by particles or structures which are preserved in Manchuric. However, they were grammaticalized and model...

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Main Author: de la Fuente, José Andrés Alonso
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Polish
Published: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis 2015
Subjects:
Tungusic languages
historical & comparative linguistics
verbal morphology
analogy
paradigm leveling
Online Access:http://www.ejournals.eu/sj/index.php/Sling/article/view/617
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Summary:In this paper it will be argued that the “so-called” paradigm of the First Imperative of Tungusic is secondary. The functions attributed to the First Imperative may have been originally conveyed by particles or structures which are preserved in Manchuric. However, they were grammaticalized and modeled into a paradigm only in Common Tungusic.

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