Possessive constructions with pronouns in Shughni
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-5-48-66
Abstract
The paper describes possessive constructions with pronouns in Shughni. In this language, possessor can be expressed by personal and demonstrative pronouns, pronouns with the locative postposition and, and constructions including both a standard pronoun and a pronoun marked with a locative marker. I compare these construction types, analyze types of semantic relations between the possessor and the possessee. Besides that, two syntactic types of possessive constructions are distinguished and their syntactic features are described.
Supporting agencies: The publication was prepared within the framework of the Academic fund Program at the HSE University in 2022 (grant № 22-00-034). I thank the Shughni expedition team, Yuri Alexandrovich Lander and Maria Alexandrovna Kholodilova, as well as anonymous reviewers, whose ideas were very helpful.
About the Author
R. V. Ron’ko
HSE University; V.V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Roman V. Ron’ko, Cand. of Sci. (Philology)
bld. 20, Myasnitskaya St., Moscow, 101000
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Ron’ko R.V. Possessive constructions with pronouns in Shughni. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2022;(5):48-66. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-5-48-66
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