CAHA, Pavel. Partitives come, partitives go. In Miniworkshop on DP structure, RoSa, University of Zurich. 2020.
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Original name Partitives come, partitives go
Authors CAHA, Pavel.
Edition Miniworkshop on DP structure, RoSa, University of Zurich, 2020.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Requested lectures
Field of Study 60203 Linguistics
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English parititves; Estonian; case competition; Ossetic; numerals
Tags International impact
Changed by Changed by: doc. Mgr. Pavel Caha, Ph.D., učo 53172. Changed: 7/2/2020 12:14.
Abstract
One of the interesting features of the Estonian partitive is that it tends to be replaced by oblique cases. For instance, in a subject position, we would have a phrase like "bag-NOM potatoes-PART" meaning 'a bag of potatoes. But in oblique cases, the partitive is gone, and we get phrases such as "bag-INESSIVE potatoes-INESSIVE," meaning 'in a bag of potatoes. The talk will address the apparently universal and Estonian particular features of this construction in comparison to other languages with similar systems.
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