Izhma Komi in Western Siberia
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Egor Kashkin
Abstract
This paper considers contact-induced change in Izhma Komi subdialects spoken in Western Siberia. We focus on the interaction of Izhma Komi, first, with Russian and, second, with the indigenous Siberian languages (Nenets and to a lesser extent Khanty). The main emphasis is on the phenomena of pattern borrowing at various language levels, which mostly remained beyond previous studies. For instance, these include the borrowing of some phonotactic patterns, the copying of polysemy patterns, and changes in the properties of some grammatical constructions. We discuss how in each case the degree of contact-induced change depends on the sociolinguistic situation.
Abstract
This paper considers contact-induced change in Izhma Komi subdialects spoken in Western Siberia. We focus on the interaction of Izhma Komi, first, with Russian and, second, with the indigenous Siberian languages (Nenets and to a lesser extent Khanty). The main emphasis is on the phenomena of pattern borrowing at various language levels, which mostly remained beyond previous studies. For instance, these include the borrowing of some phonotactic patterns, the copying of polysemy patterns, and changes in the properties of some grammatical constructions. We discuss how in each case the degree of contact-induced change depends on the sociolinguistic situation.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Nominal borrowings in Tsova-Tush (Nakh-Daghestanian, Georgia) and their gender assignment 15
- Lexical convergence reflects complex historical processes 35
- The ideological background of language change in Permic-speaking communities 59
- Enets-Russian language contact 85
- Izhma Komi in Western Siberia 119
- From head-final towards head-initial grammar 143
- Russian influence on Surgut Khanty and Estonian aspect is limited but similar 183
- Quotative indexes in Permic 217
- Some structural similarities in the outcomes of language contact with Russian 259
- Why do two Uralic languages (Surgut Khanty and Erzya) use different code-switching strategies? 289
- Analyzing Modern Chinese Pidgin Russian 315
- The choice of forms in contact varieties 345
- Language data and maps 369
- Languages & language families 381
- Subject index 383
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Nominal borrowings in Tsova-Tush (Nakh-Daghestanian, Georgia) and their gender assignment 15
- Lexical convergence reflects complex historical processes 35
- The ideological background of language change in Permic-speaking communities 59
- Enets-Russian language contact 85
- Izhma Komi in Western Siberia 119
- From head-final towards head-initial grammar 143
- Russian influence on Surgut Khanty and Estonian aspect is limited but similar 183
- Quotative indexes in Permic 217
- Some structural similarities in the outcomes of language contact with Russian 259
- Why do two Uralic languages (Surgut Khanty and Erzya) use different code-switching strategies? 289
- Analyzing Modern Chinese Pidgin Russian 315
- The choice of forms in contact varieties 345
- Language data and maps 369
- Languages & language families 381
- Subject index 383
