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Контекстное деепричастие в диалектах энецкого языка
Contextual converb in Enets dialects

Author(s): Andrej B. Shluinsky
Subject(s): Language studies
Published by: Институт языкознания Российской академии наук
Keywords: Enets, converbs; infinitives; adverbial clauses; complementation;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the Enets contextual converb marked by -ʃ(i) in Forest Enets and by -s(e)/-e in Tundra Enets. A morphological account of this form is provided and followed by a description of its uses in adverbial clauses, complement clauses and some other contexts. An overview of concurring forms is given. Enets contextual converb has a wide range of uses that includes both functions of the infinitive and of the contextual converb proper.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 04 (31)
  • Page Range: 233-246
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Russian
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