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- Title
Optimizing verbal agreement in Mordvin.
- Authors
Aranovich, Raúl
- Abstract
In the Mordvin definite conjugation, portmanteau verbal affixes cross-reference the person and number of both subject and object. This complex agreement system shows extensive syncretism, which is more acute among the most marked members of the paradigm. I argue that Optimality-Theory gives a more explanatory account of the pattern of neutralizations in the Mordvin verb than rule-based theories. Predictions of the analysis are tested against data from other Finno-Ugric and Uralic languages.
- Subjects
MORDVIN language; OPTIMALITY theory (Linguistics); VERBS; GENERATIVE grammar; AFFIXES (Grammar); FINNIC languages; LINGUISTIC analysis; LINGUISTICS; AGREEMENT (Grammar)
- Publication
Studia Linguistica, 2007, Vol 61, Issue 3, p185
- ISSN
0039-3193
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9582.2007.00137.x