Forker, Diana (2015) Towards a semantic map for intensifying particles: evidence from Avar. STUF - Language Typology and Universals, 68 (4). 3. pp. 485-513.

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Abstract

In this paper I examine the multifunctional enclitic =go in the Nakh-Daghestanian language Avar. By means of a semantic map I show that its central function is the expression of emphasis and/or contrast. Other uses are the expression of identity, scalar additivity, reflexivity (including local and long-distance reflexives, emphatic reflexive uses), the marking of indefinite pronouns and adverbs, and the derivation of cardinal numerals and converbs. The paper also advances a hypothesis about the origin of =go and argues that it goes back to the copula -ugo. The use of the copula in cleft constructions gave rise to the emphatic/contrastive function, and all other uses can be viewed as extension of this function.

Item ID:	42220
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2196-7148
Keywords:	intensifiers, emphasis, contrast, identity, reflexivity, semantic map, Avar, Nakh-Daghestanian
Funders:	Humboldt Foundation
Date Deposited:	19 Apr 2016 23:45
FoR Codes:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) @ 100%
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