SYNTAX OF GENERAL CONVERB IN RUTUL

Ivan Netkachev ()
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Ivan Netkachev: National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Abstract: This paper discusses the syntactic properties of the general perfective converb in Rutul. It can head either an independent predication or a subordinate clause. Clausal relations tests applied to the converb suggest that, when combined with another clause, it may be either coordinate or subordinate. Furthermore, the general covnerb may either fall or not to fall within the scope of main clause illocutionary force and tense operators. I suggest that the converb may have different syntactic size in different constructions: it is a CP when used independently, but, when combined with another clause, it is either a CP or an AspP

Keywords: converb; subordination; insubordination; finiteness; Rutul; East Caucasian (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2019
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Published in WP BRP Series: Linguistics / LNG, December 2019, pages 1-22

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