In this contribution, I investigate the conceptual and terminological relation between ‘prepositions’
(
preposiciones
) and a set of suffixes, mainly case markers, in
Bertonio’s
(1603)
and
Torres Rubio’s (1616)
Aymara grammars. These morphemes are
classified as prepositions or inflectional markers, or even both at the same time. This overlap is motivated by the typological
differences between the language described, Aymara, and the metalanguage, Latin, since the former does not feature a full
equivalent to Latin prepositions and encodes most grammatical relations by suffixation. The analysis reveals that the distinction
between prepositions and case markers is established on functional grounds and based on the comparison with Latin categories.
In this contribution, I examine Lithuanian constructions of the type mes/jūs/jie su X ʻwe/you/they with Xʼ that refer to only two participants. In other words, thereferential scope of the first element encompasses the referential scope of the second. Such constructions are known as inclusory or inclusory pronominal con...
Diphthongs in the inflexional system of East Slavonic dialects in the area of Hajnówka are discussed in the article. In the linguistic material under consideration heterogeneous sonants ie (ye), uo appear in declension, inflexion of adjectives and pronouns. Their presence in substantival inflexion is of regular charact...
Bazyli Siegień· Studia Wschodnioeuropejskie· 0 citations
This paper examines the semantic characterisation of the Sanskrit term for a verb (ākhyāta) within the Indian grammatical tradition. By tracing its interpretation from early sources such as the Nirukta and the Ṛkprātiśākhya through Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya and later commentators, the study highlights the shifting yet ove...
E. Kahrs· Asian Literature and Transla...· 0 citations
Among the early Germanic languages, Gothic best preserves the two subtypes of
jō
-stem nouns, which differ only in the
nom.sg
, e.g.
bandi
‘bond’ vs.
wrakja
‘persecution’. It has been assumed since the 19th century that the distribution of the
bandi
and
wrakja
types is conditioned by weight of the nomin...
Ronald I. Kim· AMSTERDAMER BEITRÄGE ZUR ÄLT...· 0 citations
Both Armenian and foreign linguists, including Fr. Arsen Aytinyan, Heinrich Peterman, losef Karst, Manuk Abeghyan, Grigor Ghapantsyan, Aarart Gharibyan, A. Marvalyan, Alexander Margaryan, and Gevorg Jahukyan have examined the etymology of the Armenian modal suffix կ(ը).
The paper critically analyses the various views e...
