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| Title: | The Case for Fewer Cases in Pre-Chukotko-Kamchatkan: Grammaticalization and semantics in internal reconstruction |
| Author: | Dibella Wdzenczny |
| Email: | click here to access email |
| Institution: | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Linguistic Field: | Historical Linguistics; Morphology; Semantics |
| Subject Language Family: | Chokotko-Kamchatkan |
| Abstract: | This work internally reconstructs the case system of Pre-Chukotko-Kamchatkan from the comparative reconstruction of Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan. Using the comparative and etymological dictionaries by Fortescue (2005), Mudrak (2000), and Zhukova & Kurebito (2004), I demonstrate that in many instances, groups of cases in Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan have developed from a single case. I outline the paths of grammaticalization that led to the expanded case system in Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan, and I use semantic typology to support the plausibility of these developments. Examples of similar phenomena in other language families are used for comparison as well. I conclude that six grammatical cases (and a more regular case system) can be reconstructed in Pre-Chukotko-Kamchatkan, which has evolved and expanded into the comparatively reconstructed system of eleven cases in Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan presented in Fortescue (2005). |
| Type: | Individual Paper |
| Status: | Completed |
| Venue: | Eastern Michigan University |
| Publication Info: | M.A. Thesis |
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