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dc.title	On the Indicative Imperfect and the Other Tenses in -eɾ of the Armenian Dialect of Urmia. Historical and Typological Aspects of a Morphological Innovation
dc.contributor.author	Scala Andrea
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2021/1/sullimperfetto-indicativo-e-gli-altri-tempi-in-e-d/
dc.description.abstract	In the Armenian dialect of Urmia (Northern Iran), the indicative imperfect displays a very innovating inflection, based on the addition of the morpheme ‘-eɾ’ (properly the imperfect 3s of the verb ‘to beʼ) to the indicative present. This morpheme of ‘remotenessʼ creates opposition between other tenses as well, such as perfect and pluperfect, future and past future. The article deals with the reconstruction of the origin and diffusion of this innovating morpheme in the verbal system of the Armenian dialect of Urmia, focusing both on endogenous morphological dynamics and on the role of language contact with Turkic varieties as a trigger of this morphological change.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 57 \| June 2021
dc.issued	2021-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2021-06-10
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-02-05
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2021/01/007
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Armenian
dc.subject	Armenian
dc.subject	Armenian dialects
dc.subject	Armenian dialects
dc.subject	Imperfect
dc.subject	Imperfect
dc.subject	Language contact
dc.subject	Language contact
dc.subject	Morphemes order
dc.subject	Morphemes order
dc.subject	Morphological change
dc.subject	Morphological change
dc.subject	Urmia
dc.subject	Urmia

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On the Indicative Imperfect and the Other Tenses in -eɾ of the Armenian Dialect of Urmia

Historical and Typological Aspects of a Morphological Innovation

Andrea Scala Università degli Studi di Milano, Italia

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abstract

In the Armenian dialect of Urmia (Northern Iran), the indicative imperfect displays a very innovating inflection, based on the addition of the morpheme ‘-eɾ’ (properly the imperfect 3s of the verb ‘to beʼ) to the indicative present. This morpheme of ‘remotenessʼ creates opposition between other tenses as well, such as perfect and pluperfect, future and past future. The article deals with the reconstruction of the origin and diffusion of this innovating morpheme in the verbal system of the Armenian dialect of Urmia, focusing both on endogenous morphological dynamics and on the role of language contact with Turkic varieties as a trigger of this morphological change.

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June 30, 2021

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June 10, 2021

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Feb. 5, 2021

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Keywords: Urmia • Armenian dialects • Morphological change • Armenian • Language contact • Morphemes order • Imperfect

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