Data for the typology of associative plurals: Kuban Kabardian
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-7-84-106
Abstract
Kabardian (Northwest Caucasian) displays two associative plural constructions. The first pattern exploits the suffix which is also used for the expression of additive plural: it is added to proper names and normally provides a reference to the family of the focal referent. Within the second pattern, a specific associative plural marker follows a syntactically autonomous nominal. The latter pattern possesses several specific properties: the associative plural marker governs the case of the focal nominal, which can be represented even by inanimate, non-specific and coordinate NPs. To describe the Kabardian associative plural system, we would suggest using not only a simplified version of Animacy Hierarchy (as is often done in typological literature) but involving several other hierarchies including those of definiteness/referentiality, number individuation, and morphosyntactic autonomy.
About the Authors
I. G. Bagirokova
Institute of Linguistics RAS; HSE University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina G. Bagirokova
bld. 1/1, Bolshoi Kislovskii Lane, Moscow, Russia, 125009
bld. 21/4, Staraya Basmannaya Str., Moscow, Russia, 105066
A. I. Baranova
Germany
Alina I. Baranova
Yu. A. Lander
HSE University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yury A. Lander
bld. 21/4, Staraya Basmannaya Str., Moscow, Russia, 105066
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Bagirokova I.G., Baranova A.I., Lander Yu.A. Data for the typology of associative plurals: Kuban Kabardian. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2020;(7):84-106. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-7-84-106
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