Demonstratives in Nivkh: A Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis

This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of the morphosyntactic, semantic and pragmatic features of Nivkh demonstratives, which represent a typologically interesting example of an exceptionally elaborated speaker-anchored deictic system. The deictic properties of the demonstratives can be describe...

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Main Author: Ekaterina Gruzdeva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Oriental Society 2020-05-01
Series:Studia Orientalia Electronica
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Online Access:https://journal.fi/store/article/view/84839