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Uralic Essive and the Expression of Impermanent State
Edited by Casper de Groot
[Typological Studies in Language 119] 2017
► pp. 479–495

Chapter 20
The essive-translative in Selkup and Kamas

This chapter presents an empirical study of the distribution of a marker referred to as the ‘essive-translative’ in Selkup. 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. Kamas does not have such marker.

Keywords: Selkup, Kamas, depictive, essive case, impermanent state, non-verbal predication, focus
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 1.1General information
    • 1.2Data and sources
    • 1.3The case systems
      • 1.3.1Selkup
      • 1.3.2Kamas
  • 2.Non-verbal predicates – copular constructions
    • 2.1Selkup
    • 2.2Kamas
  • 3.Secondary predicates/predication
  • 4.Predicative complements
  • 5.Adverbials
  • 6.Comparative and simile expressions
  • 7.Essive versus translative
  • 8.Word order and focus
  • 9.The origin of essive-translative in Selkup
  • 10.Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 30 November 2017
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