Chapter published in:
Uralic Essive and the Expression of Impermanent State
Edited by Casper de Groot
[Typological Studies in Language 119] 2017
► pp. 243–260

Chapter 10
The essive in Skolt Saami

This chapter presents an empirical study of the distribution of a marker referred to as the ‘essive’ in Skolt Saami. 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 also contrasted with its use in expressing the translative sense (associated with change).
Keywords: Skolt Saami, essive, translative, non-verbal predication, secondary predication, predicative complementation, depictive, resultative
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Non-verbal predication
  • 3.Secondary predications
    • 3.1Depictives
    • 3.2Circumstantials
    • 3.3Temporals
  • 4.Predicative complements
  • 5.Adverbials
  • 6.Temporality and location
  • 7.Comparative and simile expressions
  • 8.Essive vs. translative
    • 8.1Non-verbal predicates
    • 8.2Secondary predicates (resultatives)
  • 9.Word order
  • 10.Final remarks
  • Notes
  • Data sources
  • References
Published online: 30 November 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.119.10fei
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Data sources

The source of each example presented in this paper is given using the following abbreviations. For examples from written sources, this is followed by the page number. Examples taken from the audio recordings provided to me by Suomen kielen nauhoitearkisto are followed by a unique code used by KOTUS to identify the recording.

EE Evvan Evaŋǧeʹlium (John's Gospel)
KK Koltansaamen Koulukielioppi (‘Skolt Saami Pedagogical Grammar’ – Moshnikoff et al. 2009)
MM Maaddârääʹjji Mainnâz ('Great-grandfather's Tales’ – Mosnikoff 1992)
SKNA Suomen Kielen Nauhoitearkisto (The Audio Recordings Archive of the Research Institute for the Languages of Finland [KOTUS])
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