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Studies in Language: Online-First ArticlesLability in Balkan Slavic
The article assesses claims made in the previous studies regarding the increase in the number of identical
transitive and intransitive verbs with patient-like arguments, that is, patientively labile (P-labile) verbs, in Macedonian in
comparison with the other South Slavic languages. Based on an extensive sample of 130 varieties from different parts of the South
Slavic dialectal continuum, this study confirms the observations regarding increased lability in Western and some Southeastern
Macedonian dialects. Additionally, outside the labile hotbed, lability remains low with relatively homogenous patterning.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Valency alternations and lability in South Slavic
- 3.Data & methods
- 3.1Design of the questionnaire
- 3.2Counting the index of lability
- 3.3The sampled varieties and data collection
- 4.Analysis
- 4.1Quantitative analysis
- 4.2Qualitative analysis
- 5.Conclusions
- Notes
- Abbreviations
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