The case system of the Vilamovicean adjective : from description to explanation

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dc.contributor.authorAndrason, Alexanderen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-07T12:10:26Z
dc.date.available2014-07-07T12:10:26Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionCITATION: Andrason, A. 2013. The case system of the Vilamovicean adjective : from description to explanation. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 42:37-54, doi:10.5774/42-0-139.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://spil.journals.ac.za
dc.description.abstractThe present paper offers a detailed description and analysis of the adjectival declensional patterns in the Modern Vilamovicean language. The idiom possesses six declensional patterns – restricted to distinct environments – that, from a morphological perspective, form a continuum ranging from a strong declension (classes 1, 2 and 3) to a weak one (class 6), through intermediate mixed paradigms (classes 4 and 5). Nowadays, only the mixed and weak classes are productive and common. If compared with Classical Vilamovicean, the adjectival declension has suffered a process of syncretism and decay, evolving towards a two-case marking: nominative versus accusative-dative in the masculine singular and nominative-accusative versus dative elsewhere. Thus, the adjectival morphological case marking is more effective than in the nominal system (where no case distinction is usually made) but less successful than in the pronominal system (where a three-case distinction predominates). Within a typological-grammaticalization framework, the inflectional organization of Vilamovicean adjectives can be defined as an advanced case system.
dc.description.urihttp://spil.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/139
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent18 pages
dc.identifier.citationAndrason, A. 2013. The case system of the Vilamovicean adjective : from description to explanation. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 42:37-54, doi:10.5774/42-0-139.
dc.identifier.issn2223-9936 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1027-3417 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.5774/42-0-139
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/91601
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherStellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyright
dc.subjectGermanic languagesen_ZA
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_ZA
dc.subjectEndangered languagesen_ZA
dc.subjectGrammar, Comparative and general -- Adjectiveen_ZA
dc.titleThe case system of the Vilamovicean adjective : from description to explanationen_ZA
dc.typeArticle
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