Demonstratives in Nivkh: A Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis

This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of the morphosyntactic, semantic and pragmatic features of Nivkh demonstratives, which represent a typologically interesting example of an exceptionally elaborated speaker-anchored deictic system. The deictic properties of the demonstratives can be describe...

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Auteur principal: Gruzdeva, Ekaterina (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: [publisher not identified] 2020
Dans: Studia Orientalia Electronica
Année: 2020, Volume: 8, Numéro: 1, Pages: 1-60
Sujets non-standardisés:B Nivkh
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Résumé:This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of the morphosyntactic, semantic and pragmatic features of Nivkh demonstratives, which represent a typologically interesting example of an exceptionally elaborated speaker-anchored deictic system. The deictic properties of the demonstratives can be described either in terms of a binary system with the opposition between ‘proximal’ and ‘non-proximal’ areas as viewed from the deictic centre, or in terms of a multiple system that is organised hierarchically and may be divided into primary and secondary systems, which together define fifteen spatial zones around the deictic centre. Beyond spatial proximity, the demonstratives may also encode a number of non-deictic features such as quality, quantity, dimension, preciseness of location, and visibility. This paper distinguishes between six morphosyntactic classes of demonstratives and shows how the different deictic and non-deictic features correlate with their pragmatic uses.
ISSN:2323-5209
Contient:Enthalten in: Studia Orientalia Electronica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.23993/store.84839