ISSN: 2306-5737E-ISSN: 2658-4069
Acta Linguistica Petropolitana
Transactions of the Institute for Linguistic Studies
ISSN: 2306-5737E-ISSN: 2658-4069
Acta Linguistica Petropolitana
Transactions of the Institute for Linguistic Studies 

Correlatives in Hill Mari — relative clauses or topic?

DOI:10.30842/alp2306573714206
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Gareyshina A. R. Korrelyativy v gornomariyskom yazyke — otnositelnyye predlozheniya ili topik?. Acta Linguistica Petropolitana. 132.
The present paper deals with correlative constructions in the Hill (Western) Mari language and aims at describing the exact repertoire of correlatives and their properties originating from relative clauses and topics. Focusing primarily on syntactic tests, I conclude that Hill Mari correlatives are topic-like structures. Overall, the research is a contribution to the syntactic typology of Uralic languages and proves that Hill Mari correlatives possess properties distinct from ones typical for Indo-European correlatives, e.g. in Russian.
Keywords
Hill Mari, Western Mari, Uralic, correlatives, relative clauses, topic
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Keywords
Hill Mari, Western Mari, Uralic, correlatives, relative clauses, topic
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