Caritive constructions in Romani dialects
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-7-33-54
Abstract
This paper discusses the use of a caritive marker in various Romani dialects of Europe. It demonstrates that originally the caritive marker bi was used only with noun phrases. Later in the Romani dialects of South East Europe under the influence of contact Balkan languages it became possible to use it with verbs as well. Whereas the caritive marker used with verbs is often a borrowed one, but the one used in noun phrases is usually inherently Romani. The morphosyntax of caritive constructions varies significantly and reflects the tendencies that take places with the dialects: levelling between nouns and personal pronouns; levelling between the caritive marker and other Romani prepositions; conceptualization of the caritive as negated comitative.
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out within the framework of the project «Grammatical periphery in the world languages: typological study of caritives» (grant 18-78-10058, head S.A. Oskolskaya).
About the Author
K. A. Kozhanov
Institute for Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kirill A. Kozhanov – Cand. of Sci. (Philology)
bld. 9, Tuchkov per., Saint Petersburg, 199053
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Kozhanov K.A. Caritive constructions in Romani dialects. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2019;21(7):33-54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-7-33-54
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