Die Präfixaufnahme von z= im Altarmenischen

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_12295
dc.title	Die Präfixaufnahme von z= im Altarmenischen
dc.contributor.author	Meyer Robin
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/armeniaca/2023/1/die-prafixaufnahme-von-z-im-altarmenischen/
dc.description.abstract	The phenomenon of Suffixaufnahme refers to a type of morphosyntactic agreement whereby a dependent noun phrase shows case agreement with its head in addition to its functional case marking. The phenomenon is best known from Old Georgian and Hurro-Urartian, but also occurs elsewhere (Caucasus, ancient Mesopotamia, Australia), mainly in agglutinative languages. Classical Armenian shows a very similar type of agreement: dependents of heads in the accusative marked by the direct object proclitic z= may also receive the same proclitic marking regardless of their functional case. This paper explores two dimensions of this agreement phenomenon in Classical Armenian: a classification of its usage in fifth-century texts; and an attempt at explaining its likely origin outside of Armenian.
dc.relation.ispartof	Armeniaca
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 2 \| October 2023
dc.issued	2023-11-22
dc.dateAccepted	2023-06-27
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-02-28
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2974-6051
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/arm/2974-6051/2023/01/002
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Classical Armenian
dc.subject	Diachronic syntax
dc.subject	Morphosyntactic agreement
dc.subject	Suffixaufnahme

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Robin Meyer Université de Lausanne, Suisse

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The phenomenon of Suffixaufnahme refers to a type of morphosyntactic agreement whereby a dependent noun phrase shows case agreement with its head in addition to its functional case marking. The phenomenon is best known from Old Georgian and Hurro-Urartian, but also occurs elsewhere (Caucasus, ancient Mesopotamia, Australia), mainly in agglutinative languages. Classical Armenian shows a very similar type of agreement: dependents of heads in the accusative marked by the direct object proclitic z= may also receive the same proclitic marking regardless of their functional case. This paper explores two dimensions of this agreement phenomenon in Classical Armenian: a classification of its usage in fifth-century texts; and an attempt at explaining its likely origin outside of Armenian.

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Nov. 22, 2023

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June 27, 2023

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Feb. 28, 2023

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Keywords: Morphosyntactic agreement • Classical Armenian • Suffixaufnahme • Diachronic syntax

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