The Structure of the Noun Phrase in Northern and Southern Ewenki Dialects
The paper investigates the structure of Ewenki noun phrases, dealing with both their semantics and syntax. Whereas semantics are rather uniform cross-dialectally, there is considerable variation in syntax, especially regarding agreement patterns. As a rule, the more northern a dialect is the less ag...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:8233865 2023-09-05T13:19:17+02:00 The Structure of the Noun Phrase in Northern and Southern Ewenki Dialects Chris Lasse Däbritz 2023-06-14 https://zenodo.org/record/8233865 https://doi.org/10.1163/25898833-20230038 unknown https://zenodo.org/record/8233865 https://doi.org/10.1163/25898833-20230038 oai:zenodo.org:8233865 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics 5(1) 83-125 info:eu-repo/semantics/article publication-article 2023 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.1163/25898833-20230038 2023-08-15T22:59:57Z The paper investigates the structure of Ewenki noun phrases, dealing with both their semantics and syntax. Whereas semantics are rather uniform cross-dialectally, there is considerable variation in syntax, especially regarding agreement patterns. As a rule, the more northern a dialect is the less agreement it exhibits within the noun phrase; besides that, cardinal numerals greater or equal to ‘2’ call for the modified noun in plural in rather Southern dialects, but for its unmarked form in rather Northern dialects. From a comparative point of view, it can be shown that the areal-typologically unexpected agreement within the noun phrase is probably the inherited pattern in (Northern) Tungusic languages, whereas the relevant Ewenki dialects lost it secondarily due to Turkic (Dolgan and Sakha) influence. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ewenki Tungusic languages Zenodo Sakha International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics 5 1 83 125 |
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The paper investigates the structure of Ewenki noun phrases, dealing with both their semantics and syntax. Whereas semantics are rather uniform cross-dialectally, there is considerable variation in syntax, especially regarding agreement patterns. As a rule, the more northern a dialect is the less agreement it exhibits within the noun phrase; besides that, cardinal numerals greater or equal to ‘2’ call for the modified noun in plural in rather Southern dialects, but for its unmarked form in rather Northern dialects. From a comparative point of view, it can be shown that the areal-typologically unexpected agreement within the noun phrase is probably the inherited pattern in (Northern) Tungusic languages, whereas the relevant Ewenki dialects lost it secondarily due to Turkic (Dolgan and Sakha) influence. |
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Chris Lasse Däbritz The Structure of the Noun Phrase in Northern and Southern Ewenki Dialects |
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The Structure of the Noun Phrase in Northern and Southern Ewenki Dialects |
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The Structure of the Noun Phrase in Northern and Southern Ewenki Dialects |
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The Structure of the Noun Phrase in Northern and Southern Ewenki Dialects |
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The Structure of the Noun Phrase in Northern and Southern Ewenki Dialects |
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The Structure of the Noun Phrase in Northern and Southern Ewenki Dialects |
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structure of the noun phrase in northern and southern ewenki dialects |
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