Cover not available
Part of
Uralic Essive and the Expression of Impermanent State
Edited by Casper de Groot
[Typological Studies in Language 119] 2017
► pp. 113–129

Chapter 5
The essive in Ingrian

This chapter presents an empirical study of the distribution of a marker referred to as the ‘essive’ in Ingrian. The description of the properties of this marker follows the linguistic questionnaire that captures the contexts in which essive and/or translative markers may occur in the Uralic languages. The study specifically investigates the opposition between permanent and impermanent state in non-verbal predications. The linguistic domains involved are non-verbal main predication, secondary predication, complementation, and manner, temporal, and circumstantial adverbial phrases. The use of the marker in the essive sense (associated with state) is contrasted with its use in expressing the translative sense (associated with change). Finally, the syntactic position of elements marked by this form is discussed in relation to the position of focus constituents.
Keywords: Ingrian, depictive, essive case, impermanent state, non-verbal predication, focus
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 1.1Language
    • 1.2Data
    • 1.3Case system
  • 2.Non-verbal predication
    • 2.1Copula constructions
    • 2.2Constructions with modal verbs
    • 2.3Restrictions
    • 2.4Number agreement
  • 3.Secondary predication
  • 4.Predicative complements
  • 5.Adverbials
  • 6.Temporality and location
  • 7.Comparative and simile expressions
  • 8.Essive versus translative
  • 9.Word order and focus
  • 10.Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 30 November 2017
DOI logo
https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.119.05mar
References (13)
References
Ariste, Paul. 1956. Isuri keelest (About the Ingrian language). Emakeele Seltsi Aastaraamat II: 32–52.Google Scholar
Junus, Väino I. 1933. Lukukirja Inkeroisia oppikoteja vart. Toiseel oppivuuvveel (A reading for studying Ingrian. Second year). Leningrad: Kirja.Google Scholar
1936. Ižoran keelen grammatikka: Morfologia opettaijaa vart (A grammar of the Ingrian language: A morphology for teachers). Leningrad: Ucpedgiz.Google Scholar
Köppen, Peter. 1867. Erklärender Text zu der ethnographischen Karte des St. Petersburger Gouvernements (Comments on the ethnographical map of the St. Petersburg government). St. Petersburg: Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften.Google Scholar
Laanest, Arvo. 1966. Ižorskije dialekty. Lingvogeografičeskoje issledovanije (Ingrian dialects: A linguistic-geographical research). Tallinn: Akademija nauk Estonskoj SSR.Google Scholar
. 1978. Istoričeskaja fonetika i morphologija ižorskogo jazyka (Historical phonetics and morphology of the Ingrian language). PhD dissertation, Institute of Language and Literature, Tallinn.Google Scholar
. 1986. Isuri keele ajalooline foneetika ja morfoloogia (Historical phonetics and morphology of the Ingrian language). Tallinn: Valgus.Google Scholar
. 1997. Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik (A dictionary of the Hevaha dialect of Ingrian). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut.Google Scholar
Lewis, Paul M. & Simons, Gary F. 2010. Assessing endangerment: Expanding Fishman's GIDS. Revue Roumaine de Linguistique 55: 103–120.Google Scholar
Musaev, Vadim I. 2004. Političeskaja istorija Ingermanlandii v konce XIX–XX veke, 2nd edn (A political history of Ingria in the late 19th and 20th century). St. Petersburg: Nestor-Istorija.Google Scholar
Nirvi, Ruben E. (ed.). 1971. Inkeroismurteiden sanakirja (A dictionary of Ingrian dialects) [Lexica societatis Fenno-Ugricae XVIII]. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura.Google Scholar
Popova, N. S. 1933. Arifmetikka kirja alkua oppia vart (Arithmetic book for elementary school). Leningrad: Kirja.Google Scholar
Porkka, Volmari. 1885. Über den ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte (About the Ingrian dialect on the background of other Ingrian Finnish dialects). Helsingfors: J. C. Frenckell & Sohn.Google Scholar