Nonlocal uses of local cases in the Tsezic languages
Abstract
The Tsezic languages form a sub-branch of the Nakh-Daghestanian language family. They have up to eight location markers that can be combined with up to six orientation markers in order to form complex spatial categories. Outside the spatial domain these markers indicate temporal and metaphorical location and orientation. Their grammatical uses include among others the marking of verbal arguments, of nonfinite verb forms in adverbial clauses and the expression of possession or purpose. This paper is meant to provide a comprehensive description of the nonlocal functions in relation to the spatial functions and to reveal the structure in the distribution of nonlocal functions of the cases. The nonlocal uses are not equally distributed among the local cases. Some location and orientation markers have many nonlocal functions while others have almost only local uses.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Introduction spatial case
- A hierarchy of locations: evidence from the encoding of direction in adpositions and cases
- Topological relations in Daghestanian languages
- The syntactic structure of Locations, Goals, and Sources
- Nonlocal uses of local cases in the Tsezic languages
- Locative expressions in signed languages: a view from Turkish Sign Language (TİD)
- Publications received between 2 June 2009 and 1 June 2010
Articles in the same Issue
- Introduction spatial case
- A hierarchy of locations: evidence from the encoding of direction in adpositions and cases
- Topological relations in Daghestanian languages
- The syntactic structure of Locations, Goals, and Sources
- Nonlocal uses of local cases in the Tsezic languages
- Locative expressions in signed languages: a view from Turkish Sign Language (TİD)
- Publications received between 2 June 2009 and 1 June 2010
