The so-called relation forms of nouns in South Saami: A byproduct or remnant of Uralic *-mpV?
The paper describes a previously little-known grammatical category in South Saami. Termed here as “relation forms”, the phenomenon in question is etymologically related to the comparative and superlative marking of adjectives, but synchronically quite distinct from it. The suffix -be/-åbpoe can be a...
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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/67659 2023-05-15T18:08:06+02:00 The so-called relation forms of nouns in South Saami: A byproduct or remnant of Uralic *-mpV? Ylikoski, Jussi 2019-02-26 application/pdf https://journal.fi/fuf/article/view/67659 eng eng Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura / Société Finno-Ougrienne / Finno-Ugrian Society / Finnisch-Ugrische Gesellschaft https://journal.fi/fuf/article/view/67659/40360 https://journal.fi/fuf/article/view/67659 Copyright (c) 2018 Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen; Nro 64 (2018): Finnisch-Ugrischen Forschungen 64; 6–71 Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen; No. 64 (2018): Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 64; 6–71 Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen; Nr. 64 (2018): Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 64; 6–71 0355-1253 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 fttsvojs 2021-12-22T23:51:41Z The paper describes a previously little-known grammatical category in South Saami. Termed here as “relation forms”, the phenomenon in question is etymologically related to the comparative and superlative marking of adjectives, but synchronically quite distinct from it. The suffix -be/-åbpoe can be attached to not only adjectives (e.g., nuerebe ‘younger’, båarasåbpoe ‘older’), but also to nouns and kinship terms in particular (e.g., tjidtjebe ‘(the) mother’, vuanavåbpoe ‘(the) mother-in-law’), and the superlative marker -mes/-ommes can be used similarly, albeit to a lesser extent. The paper discusses the position of such forms in South Saami morphology, syntax and sentential semantics, especially in relation to markers of definiteness and possession. From a diachronic perspective, South Saami sheds new light on the origin of the Saami-Finnic (and Hungarian) comparativemarker *-mpV, and from a typological point of view, it is proposed that the closest analogues to the Saami phenomenon can be found in Tungusic, which also adds to our understanding of the development of *-mpV comparatives – possibly from a more original contrastive function of the suffix. Article in Journal/Newspaper saami Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2018 64 |
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The paper describes a previously little-known grammatical category in South Saami. Termed here as “relation forms”, the phenomenon in question is etymologically related to the comparative and superlative marking of adjectives, but synchronically quite distinct from it. The suffix -be/-åbpoe can be attached to not only adjectives (e.g., nuerebe ‘younger’, båarasåbpoe ‘older’), but also to nouns and kinship terms in particular (e.g., tjidtjebe ‘(the) mother’, vuanavåbpoe ‘(the) mother-in-law’), and the superlative marker -mes/-ommes can be used similarly, albeit to a lesser extent. The paper discusses the position of such forms in South Saami morphology, syntax and sentential semantics, especially in relation to markers of definiteness and possession. From a diachronic perspective, South Saami sheds new light on the origin of the Saami-Finnic (and Hungarian) comparativemarker *-mpV, and from a typological point of view, it is proposed that the closest analogues to the Saami phenomenon can be found in Tungusic, which also adds to our understanding of the development of *-mpV comparatives – possibly from a more original contrastive function of the suffix. |
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The so-called relation forms of nouns in South Saami: A byproduct or remnant of Uralic *-mpV? |
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The so-called relation forms of nouns in South Saami: A byproduct or remnant of Uralic *-mpV? |
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The so-called relation forms of nouns in South Saami: A byproduct or remnant of Uralic *-mpV? |
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The so-called relation forms of nouns in South Saami: A byproduct or remnant of Uralic *-mpV? |
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The so-called relation forms of nouns in South Saami: A byproduct or remnant of Uralic *-mpV? |
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so-called relation forms of nouns in south saami: a byproduct or remnant of uralic *-mpv? |
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Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura / Société Finno-Ougrienne / Finno-Ugrian Society / Finnisch-Ugrische Gesellschaft |
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