Echo Construction and Ad hoc Categories: Semantics of Group Reference in Magahi

IF 0.2 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-07-27 DOI:10.21659/rupkatha.v15n2.22

Chandan Kumar

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Abstract

Recent studies in the domain of heterogeneous plural indicate homogeneous and heterogeneous categories as two separate functional mechanisms. Given the strategic usage of language, the paper locates the pluralizing strategies in speech context and investigates their interpretive nature from the perspective of (non)/restrictive parametric features of categories like associative (APL), similative (SPL) and definite plural in Magahi (ISO639-2 mag), an Indo-Aryan language. Focusing on variables within members of the ad hoc set over the speech act variables like context, intersubjectivity, and culture, the paper endeavours to perceive pluralizing as a strategic approach that extends beyond the realm of mere a number reference. It closely observes the phenomenon of homogeneous and heterogeneous plurality and makes the following claims: (a) echo construction functions as heterogeneous plural in Magahi, (b) the heterogeneous plural falls within the parametric feature of nominal plurality, (c) there is heterogeneity in the homogeneous sets, thus, pluralizing is beyond plural, (d) SPL and APL are two categories because of their interpretational differences and not because of operational, and (e) APLs can have describable references.

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回声结构与特殊范畴：《马嘎希》群体指称的语义

近年来在异质复数领域的研究表明，同质和异质类别是两个独立的功能机制。基于语言的策略使用，本文从印度雅利安语Magahi (ISO639-2 mag)中联想(APL)、相似(SPL)和定复数等范畴的(非)/限制性参数特征出发，定位了言语语境中的复数化策略，并对其解释性进行了研究。本文将重点放在言语行为变量(如语境、主体间性和文化)的特设集合成员内部的变量上，努力将多元化视为一种超越仅仅是数字参考领域的战略方法。它密切观察同质和异质多元性现象，并提出以下主张:(a)回声结构在Magahi语中具有异质复数的功能，(b)异质复数属于名义复数的参数化特征，(c)同质集合中存在异质性，因此，复数超越了复数，(d) SPL和APL是两个类别，因为它们在解释上的差异，而不是因为操作上的差异，(e) APL可以有可描述的参考。

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