The Syntax of Pseudo-Correlative Constructions with the Pronoun KOTORYJ (‘Which’) in Middle Russian
This article takes a close look at pseudo-correlatives: multiple sentences in Middle Russian with the pronoun kotoryj ‘which’ in the first clause. It will be argued that they lack correlatives features and that korotyj in such constructions was not a relative but an indefinite pronoun, like the Russ...
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| description | This article takes a close look at pseudo-correlatives: multiple sentences in Middle Russian with the pronoun kotoryj ‘which’ in the first clause. It will be argued that they lack correlatives features and that korotyj in such constructions was not a relative but an indefinite pronoun, like the Russian nekotoryj, koe-kakoj. The pseudo-correlatives of Middle Russian are the result of the intermediate stage of the process of the grammaticalization of kotoryj from indefinite to relative pronoun that caused the transformation of the compound constructions into the complex sentence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b53f56432de44d182a6c496ddbee6f42022-12-21T18:03:45ZbulMoscow State University of EducationSlovene2304-07852305-67542012-08-01116173The Syntax of Pseudo-Correlative Constructions with the Pronoun KOTORYJ (‘Which’) in Middle RussianOlga V. Mitrenina0St. Petersburg State UniversityThis article takes a close look at pseudo-correlatives: multiple sentences in Middle Russian with the pronoun kotoryj ‘which’ in the first clause. It will be argued that they lack correlatives features and that korotyj in such constructions was not a relative but an indefinite pronoun, like the Russian nekotoryj, koe-kakoj. The pseudo-correlatives of Middle Russian are the result of the intermediate stage of the process of the grammaticalization of kotoryj from indefinite to relative pronoun that caused the transformation of the compound constructions into the complex sentence.http://slovene.ru/2012_1_Mitrenina.pdfcorrelativesrelativesMiddle Russian languagegrammaticalizationpseudo-correlatives |
| spellingShingle | Olga V. Mitrenina The Syntax of Pseudo-Correlative Constructions with the Pronoun KOTORYJ (‘Which’) in Middle Russian Slovene correlatives relatives Middle Russian language grammaticalization pseudo-correlatives |
| title | The Syntax of Pseudo-Correlative Constructions with the Pronoun KOTORYJ (‘Which’) in Middle Russian |
| title_full | The Syntax of Pseudo-Correlative Constructions with the Pronoun KOTORYJ (‘Which’) in Middle Russian |
| title_fullStr | The Syntax of Pseudo-Correlative Constructions with the Pronoun KOTORYJ (‘Which’) in Middle Russian |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Syntax of Pseudo-Correlative Constructions with the Pronoun KOTORYJ (‘Which’) in Middle Russian |
| title_short | The Syntax of Pseudo-Correlative Constructions with the Pronoun KOTORYJ (‘Which’) in Middle Russian |
| title_sort | syntax of pseudo correlative constructions with the pronoun kotoryj which in middle russian |
| topic | correlatives relatives Middle Russian language grammaticalization pseudo-correlatives |
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