За произхода на възвратното местоимение в новоиндоарийските езици
On the origin of the reflexive pronoun in the new Indo-Aryan languages
Author(s): Gergana RusevaSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Morphology, Semantics, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Indo-Aryan languages; reflexive pronouns; origin;
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the origin and development of one of the reflexive stems in the Indo-Aryan languages from the Vedic word ätmän- with the primary meaning of “breath”. From the late Vedic period on this word has been used as a reflexive and in Sanskrit it has also developed emphatic (exclusive) functions. Gradually, ätmän has undergone phonetic and morphological changes and in the New Indo-Aryan languages its derivatives also have the functions of polite second personal pronoun and of inclusive first personal pronoun.
Journal: Съпоставително езикознание / Сопоставительное языкознание
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 65-72
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Bulgarian
- Content File-PDF
