Syntax in morphological guise: Interrogative verbal morphology in Abaza

IF 1.7 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2020-05-14 DOI:10.1515/lingty-2020-5004

P. Arkadiev

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Abstract Abaza, a polysynthetic ergative Northwest Caucasian language, possesses a typologically unique system of forming content questions by means of inflectional marking in the verb. I offer a detailed description of this peculiar system, showing how it is grounded in the more general pattern of encoding relativization by means of prefixes forming part of the basic cross-referencing paradigms. I also discuss a tentative diachronic scenario, explaining how at least a subpart of the synthetic interrogative marking in Abaza (and its close relative Abkhaz) could have emerged via univerbation of pseudocleft focus constructions.

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形态形态下的句法:阿巴扎语的疑问句动词形态

摘要阿巴扎语是西北高加索语的一种多合成作格语言，它通过动词中的屈折标记形成内容疑问，具有类型学上独特的系统。我对这个特殊的系统进行了详细的描述，展示了它是如何建立在更普遍的编码相对化模式中的，前缀是基本交叉引用范式的一部分。我还讨论了一个试探性的历时场景，解释了阿巴扎（及其近亲阿布哈兹）的合成疑问标记的至少一个子部分是如何通过伪左焦点结构的不表达而出现的。

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