The Exhaustive Particle =ok in Hill Mari and Beyond
The paper examines the semantics and distribution of the polyfunctional Hill Mari focus particle =ok. We describe two interpretations of =ok Âpossible on a wide range of hosts: the exhaustive use and the counteradditive use; besides, we consider several uses that are only possible with a lexically...
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| description | The paper examines the semantics and distribution of the polyfunctional Hill Mari focus particle =ok. We describe two interpretations of =ok Âpossible on a wide range of hosts: the exhaustive use and the counteradditive use; besides, we consider several uses that are only possible with a lexically or semantically conditioned set of entities. We argue that =ok falls into a class of devices with not-at-issue exhaustive inferences, along with the English it-cleft and some other cross-linguistic counterparts. We discuss the implications that the Hill Mari data have for the typology of this class of constructions: Hill Mari =ok suggests that discourse givenness of the denotation of the focus constituent is an important dimension along which such elements vary across languages. Besides, in this paper we draw an areal comparison of the Hill Mari =ok with its counterparts in the Volga-Kama languages: Meadow Mari, Chuvash, Tatar, Bashkir, and Udmurt. Although the origin and the general set of readings are the same, the Âsyntactic behavior of =okâs counterparts varies significantly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33bf7b6f3bbe4485a48718bce81b0c852023-06-19T06:58:17ZdeuEstonian Academy PublishersLinguistica Uralica0868-47311736-75062023-06-01592154188https://dx.doi.org/10.3176/lu.2023.2.05https://dx.doi.org/10.3176/lu.2023.2.05The Exhaustive Particle =ok in Hill Mari and BeyondAlexey Kozlov0Aigul Zakirova1HSE University, Institute of Linguistics RAS, Universität HamburgInstitute of Linguistics RASThe paper examines the semantics and distribution of the polyfunctional Hill Mari focus particle =ok. We describe two interpretations of =ok Âpossible on a wide range of hosts: the exhaustive use and the counteradditive use; besides, we consider several uses that are only possible with a lexically or semantically conditioned set of entities. We argue that =ok falls into a class of devices with not-at-issue exhaustive inferences, along with the English it-cleft and some other cross-linguistic counterparts. We discuss the implications that the Hill Mari data have for the typology of this class of constructions: Hill Mari =ok suggests that discourse givenness of the denotation of the focus constituent is an important dimension along which such elements vary across languages. Besides, in this paper we draw an areal comparison of the Hill Mari =ok with its counterparts in the Volga-Kama languages: Meadow Mari, Chuvash, Tatar, Bashkir, and Udmurt. Although the origin and the general set of readings are the same, the Âsyntactic behavior of =okâs counterparts varies significantly.https://kirj.ee/wp-content/plugins/kirj/pub/ling-2023-2-154-188_20230619012401.pdffinno-ugric languages; hill mari; volga-kama languages; focus particles; exhaustive constructions; semantics; language contact |
| spellingShingle | Alexey Kozlov Aigul Zakirova The Exhaustive Particle =ok in Hill Mari and Beyond Linguistica Uralica finno-ugric languages; hill mari; volga-kama languages; focus particles; exhaustive constructions; semantics; language contact |
| title | The Exhaustive Particle =ok in Hill Mari and Beyond |
| title_full | The Exhaustive Particle =ok in Hill Mari and Beyond |
| title_fullStr | The Exhaustive Particle =ok in Hill Mari and Beyond |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Exhaustive Particle =ok in Hill Mari and Beyond |
| title_short | The Exhaustive Particle =ok in Hill Mari and Beyond |
| title_sort | exhaustive particle ok in hill mari and beyond |
| topic | finno-ugric languages; hill mari; volga-kama languages; focus particles; exhaustive constructions; semantics; language contact |
| url | https://kirj.ee/wp-content/plugins/kirj/pub/ling-2023-2-154-188_20230619012401.pdf |
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