Variability in the usage of demonstratives in Shughni
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-5-23-47
Abstract
This article provides an overview of the main features of the Shughni system of demonstratives and their deictic functions. The study is based on the fieldwork data, namely an experiment during which the informants responded with Shughni demonstratives. The data obtained are presented in the form of tables with subsequent discussion. The study uses diverse theoretic approaches: on the one hand, a bicentric approach to deixis, examining it through the relations of the participants in a speech act, on the other hand, the idea of the opposition between person- and distance-oriented systems following the mainstream thinking about deixis as remoteness from deictic center, that is, the speaker. In this vein, this article seeks to combine the achievements of both. As a result, an updated understanding of the variability of Shughni demonstratives is provided.
Supporting agencies: The publication was prepared within the framework of the Academic Fund Program at the HSE University in 2022 (grant № 22-00-034). The author would like to express his gratitude to all the participants of the Shugni expedition of the Higher School of Economics in 2019, first of all, V.A. Plungian, E.V. Rakhilina, R.V. Ronko, A.A. Sergienko, V.D. Butolin, as well as E.E. Armand for help in writing this article, to the employees of the Institute of Pamir Languages in Khorog and NUR centre in Moscow and to all informants who took part in the experiments that formed the basis of this work.
About the Author
A. O. Badeev
HSE University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Artyom O. Badeev
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Badeev A.O. Variability in the usage of demonstratives in Shughni. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2022;(5):23-47. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-5-23-47
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