Arja Hamari
List of John Benjamins publications for which Arja Hamari plays a role.
Articles
2015 Negation in Komi Negation in Uralic Languages, Miestamo, Matti, Anne Tamm and Beáta Wagner-Nagy (eds.), pp. 239–264 | Article
There are several types of negative markers in Komi. Negation of verbal predicates is based on negative auxiliaries in the present, future and 1st past tense of the indicative as well as in the imperative and optative moods. In the 2nd past tense and in the negation of non-verbal predicates a… read more
2015 Negation in Erzya Negation in Uralic Languages, Miestamo, Matti, Anne Tamm and Beáta Wagner-Nagy (eds.), pp. 293–324 | Article
The negation system of the Mordvin (Erzya and Moksha) languages is known to be complex. There are several negative markers displaying a range of semantic and morphosyntactic characteristics conditioned by factors including clause type, predicate type or the tense and the mood of the predicate, as… read more
2014 Inflection vs. derivation: The function and meaning of the Mordvin abessive Morphology and Meaning: Selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2012, Rainer, Franz, Francesco Gardani, Hans Christian Luschützky and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.), pp. 163–176 | Article
The abessive suffix of the Mordvin languages (Erzya and Moksha) expresses the meaning “without”. Diachronically, the suffix presents an example of a process of grammaticalization in which a derivational ending has developed into a case suffix. However, the process has not been completed, as the… read more