Kalyanamalini Sahoo
List of John Benjamins publications for which Kalyanamalini Sahoo plays a role.
Articles
2024 A descriptive study of conditional constructions in Odia Asian Languages and Linguistics 5:1, pp. 71–89 | Article
This study investigates the types of conditional constructions found in the Indo-Aryan language Odia and studies the morpho-syntactic structure and linear function of it. In Odia, Conditional constructions consist of a main clause (adoposis), and a subordinate clause (protasis). It is usually… read more
2017 Degrees of mirativity The Linguistic Expression of Mirativity, Celle, Agnès and Anastasios Tsangalidis (eds.), pp. 343–384 | Article
This paper studies degrees of mirativity as grammaticalised in the Indo-Aryan language Odia by four light verb constructions, asymmetric complex predicates combining a lexical verb with a (partially) bleached light verb. As such, these light verb constructions can be considered non-parasitic… read more
2007 What is ‘Argument Sharing’? A Case Study on Argument Sharing under VP-Serialization in Oriya Linguistic Theory and South Asian Languages: Essays in honour of K. A. Jayaseelan, Bayer, Josef, Tanmoy Bhattacharya and M.T. Hany Babu (eds.), pp. 15–28 | Article
The paper discusses some possible interpretations of the notion ‘argument sharing’ in the analysis of Oriya serial verb constructions (SVCs). The paper in particular addresses the notion of ‘token-sharing’. We argue that the concept of token-sharing, although, due to its rigour, theoretically the… read more
2006 ‘Argument sharing’ in Oriya serial verb constructions Case, Valency and Transitivity, Kulikov, Leonid, Andrej L. Malchukov and Peter de Swart (eds.), pp. 203–221 | Article
2003 Oriya. Linguistic and socio-cultural implications of gendered structures in Oriya Gender Across Languages: The linguistic representation of women and men, Hellinger, Marlis and Hadumod Bußmann (eds.), pp. 239–257 | Article
1.Introduction
2.Gender in Oriya
2.1Referential gender
2.2Gender marking
2.2.1Suffixation (derivation)
2.2.2Compounding
2.2.3Adjectival modification
2.3Lexical gender
3.Women and men in Oriya society
4.Address forms
4.1Kinship terms used as terms of address
4.2Address forms and… read more