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Uralic Essive and the Expression of Impermanent State
Edited by Casper de Groot
[Typological Studies in Language 119] 2017
► pp. 353–377

Chapter 15
The ‘essive’ in Eastern Khanty

This chapter presents a corpus-based research, supplemented by elicitation with the last speakers, into the distribution of a marker referred to as the ‘translative’ in Eastern Khanty. 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 it 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: Eastern Khanty depictive, translative case, impermanent state, non-verbal predication, focus
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 1.1The Khanty language
    • 1.2The data
    • 1.3The typological profile of Eastern Khanty
    • 1.4The Eastern Khanty case system
  • 2.Non-verbal predication
  • 3.Secondary predication
  • 4.Predicative complements
  • 5.Adverbials
  • 6.Temporality and location
  • 7.Comparative and simile expressions
  • 8.Translative vs. essive
  • 9.Word order
  • 10.Conclusion and final remarks
  • Notes
  • Data
  • References
Published online: 30 November 2017
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TS: “Three sons”, Vasyugan Khanty (Filchenko, Potanina, Tonoyan, Tretyakov 2010).
S&A: “Syvsiki and Alvali”, Vasyugan Khanty (Filchenko, Potanina, Tonoyan, Tretyakov 2010).
Girls: “Girls”, Vasyugan Khanty (Filchenko, Potanina, Tonoyan, Tretyakov 2010).
BP: “Big Pike”, Vasyugan Khanty (Filchenko, Potanina, Tonoyan, Tretyakov 2010).
M&E: “Man and Eagle”, Vasyugan Khanty (Filchenko, Potanina, Tonoyan, Tretyakov 2010).
B&M: “Bird and Mouth”, Vasyugan Khanty (Filchenko, Potanina, Tonoyan, Tretyakov 2010).
Boy: “Boy”, Vasyugan Khanty (Filchenko, Potanina, Tonoyan, Kurganskaja 2012).
F&S: “Father and Son”, Vasyugan Khanty (Filchenko, Potanina, Tonoyan, Kurganskaja 2012).
FYB: “Funny young bear”, 2005. Vasyugan Khanty. Recorded A.Filchenko. Tomsk archive.Google Scholar
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Elks: “Elks”, Vasyugan Khanty (Filchenko, Kovylin, Potanina, Tonoyan 2015).
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