Marina Chumakina

List of John Benjamins publications for which Marina Chumakina plays a role.

Articles

Chumakina, Marina 2011 Nominal periphrasis: A canonical approachStudies in Language 35:2, pp. 247–274 | Article
Periphrasis, the use of two independent word forms to serve the function of a single inflected word, is usually associated with verbal systems. However, it occurs also in nominal systems. Using the canonical approach to formulate the criteria for nominal periphrasis, I analyse instances of… read more
Chumakina, Marina 2011 Archi morphology from a lexicographic perspectiveMorphology and its Interfaces, Galani, Alexandra, Glyn Hicks and George Tsoulas (eds.), pp. 267–288 | Article
The paper illustrates the development of an electronic dictionary of the Daghestanian language Archi, and discusses the problems that such a morphologically complex language poses for lexicographers. The dictionary is built on a Microsoft Access database, and the paper discusses the linguistic… read more
Hippisley, Andrew, Marina Chumakina, Greville G. Corbett and Dunstan Brown 2004 Suppletion: Frequency, categories and distribution of stemsStudies in Language 28:2, pp. 387–418 | Article
Suppletion is where the word-forms of the same lexeme have phonologically distinct stems. A study of thirty languages shows it to be surprisingly widespread, suggesting resistance to the pressure of paradigmatic levelling. While a major factor in its preservation appears to be the high frequency… read more