Partitive subjects in Estonian dialects

Lindström, Liina

doi:10.12697/jeful.2017.8.2.07

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“…Note that the partitive-marked subject does not agree with the verb in number. Lindström (2017b) found that partitive subjects occur most frequently with negated verbs, as in (5c), although, as a rule, the alternation between nominative and partitive is taken to express 'bounded' vs 'unbounded' interpretation of the case-marked noun, respectively (see Table 2 above). Thus, effectively, both (5a) and (5b) would also be acceptable with nominative marking instead of partitive.…”

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“…In Table 2, 'semantic effect' refers to the interpretation of a case-marked noun as bounded or unbounded; this is explained below. The subject function can be indicated by nominative or partitive (Erelt, Metslang & Plado 2017;Lindström 2017b); nominative subjects occur in examples ( 1)-( 4), and partitive subjects are shown in (5a-b). Note that the partitive-marked subject does not agree with the verb in number.…”

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A corpus study of grammatical case forms in written and spoken Estonian: Frequency, distribution and grammatical role

Miljan,

Vihman

2023

ESUKA-JEFUL

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In this paper, we present the results of a corpus study investigating the distribution of the three grammatical cases in Estonian (nominative, genitive, partitive) and the factors affecting the interpretation of syntactic role for nouns marked in these cases. Unlike previous studies, which have focussed on the properties of grammatical relations, we take the perspective of morphological case, and investigate the relative frequency of each case in both written and spoken corpora, according to the encoded grammatical roles, referential properties (animacy, number, countability) and syntactic context (word order, transitivity), as well as probing the differences according to register. We find that each case is prototypically, but not reliably, associated with a particular grammatical role, and that a cluster of features are available to assist speakers in identifying the function of a case-marked noun. Kokkuvõte. Merilin Miljan, Virve Vihman: Eesti keele grammatilised käänded kirjalikus ja suulises korpuses: sagedus, jaotumus ning süntaktilised rollid. Artiklis esitatakse tulemused korpusuuringust, mille eesmärgiks oli välja selgitada eesti keele grammatiliste käänete (nominatiiv, partitiiv, genitiiv) jaotumus ning tegurid, mis mõjutavad nende käänetega markeeritud nimisõnade süntaktiliste rollide tõlgendamist. Erinevalt varasematest töödest, mis keskenduvad grammatilistele suhetele ja (seejärel) nende käändetähistusele, lähtub selle uurimuse fookus eelkõige morfoloogiast, st käändest endast. N-ö käände perspektiivist vaatleme iga grammatilise käände esinemise sagedust kirjalikus ja suulises korpuses: milliseid süntaktilisi funktsioone see markeerib, markeeritava nimisõna omadusi (elusus, arv, loendatavus), süntaktilist konteksti (sõnajärg, transitiivsus) ning registri erinevusi. Leiame, et kuigi üldpildina eristub iga grammatilise käände puhul sagedaim süntaktiline põhiroll, toob detailsem analüüs välja nimisõna omaduste ja süntaktilise konteksti olulisuse nende rollide jaotumuses.

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confidence: 99%

A corpus study of grammatical case forms in written and spoken Estonian: Frequency, distribution and grammatical role

Miljan,

Vihman

2023

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“…The vast majority of subjects are in nominative, which is morphologically unmarked. However, differential subject marking occurs between nominative and partitive in existential clauses, where partitive seems to indicate reduced transitivity and less agentive subjects (Lindström 2017). In addition, some Experiencers occur in allative or adessive, while some verbs (e.g.…”

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Oblique complements in Estonian: A corpus perspective

Aigro¹,

Vihman

2023

J. Ling.

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This study focuses on Estonian verb-complement structures, which include oblique (non-canonically marked) complements marked in spatial cases. Not all approaches agree on whether canonical arguments and oblique complements have argument status of the same type, but they do mostly agree that the two types of complement markings are used by different types of verbs. First, oblique case is viewed as always indexing the original semantics of the case (direct semantics), that is osutama ‘point at’ selecting an allative (‘onto’) complement. Second, oblique case usage is seen as referring to a restricted set of syntactic relations (indirect semantics), that is Estonian allative and adessive being used for marking Experiencers. In any case, oblique complement verbs are viewed as more semantically restricted than canonical object verbs. This study tests these two hypotheses in a quantitative corpus approach. In a non-semantically extracted sample of verbs (n = 232), it compares the lexical-semantic transitivity of oblique and canonical complement verbs in order to investigate the degree to which indirect semantic effects differentiate between the two types of verbs. In addition, it outlines direct semantic effects between oblique case frames in terms of semantic roles. Finally, it investigates the way these patterns are related to the cases’ individual grammaticalisation degrees.

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“…Viime aikoina kielitieteessä on keskusteltu usein nominatiivi-ja partitiivisubjektin välisestä vaihtelusta. Sitä on tutkittu esimerkiksi typologian (Luraghi & Kittilä 2014) ja murteiden (Lindström 2017) näkökulmista. Slaavilaisissa kielissä, kuten puolassa (Blaszczak 2009) tai venäjässä, kyseinen vaihtelu tapahtuu nominatiivin ja genetiivin välillä, erityisesti kun verbi on kielteisessä muodossa (Blaszczak 2012, Seržant 2014, Partee & Borschev 2008: tämä ilmiö on suhteessa konst ruktioiden eksistentiaalisuuteen.…”

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Löytyä-verbin konstruktioiden yhteydessä esiintyvä subjektin sijanvaihtelu

Basile

Ivaska

2021

ESUKA-JEFUL

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Abstrakti. Artikkeli tarkastelee löytyä-verbin konstruktioiden nominatiivi- ja partitiivisubjektin vaihtelua. Aineistona on korpuksista poimittu 779 havainnon satunnaisotos, jota tarkastellaan sekä kvantitatiivisesti tilastollisin menetelmin että kvalitatiivisesta näkökulmasta. Tutkimus pyrkii selvittämään, mitkä muuttujat vaikuttavat löytyä-verbin sisältävien lauseiden subjektien sijanvalintaan. Valikoidut muuttujat ovat subjektin luku, subjektin jaollisuus, subjektin sanaluokka, sanajärjestys, aikamuoto, subjektin ja verbin välinen kongruenssi sekä subjektin lemma, joka toimii satunnaismuuttujana. Regressioanalyysin keinoin subjektin sijanvalintaa ennustetaan mainittujen muuttujien ja niiden välisten vuorovaikutussuhteiden avulla. Laadullisessa analyysissa käsitellään myös näiden morfosyntaktisten ja semanttisten seikkojen vaikutusta lauseen eksistentiaalisuuden sekä subjektin kvantiteetin ja definiittisyyden tulkintaan. Abstract. Rodolfo Basile, Ilmari Ivaska: Subject case alternation in constructions containing the Finnish verb löytyä. This article examines the nominative-partitive subject alternation occurring with constructions containing the Finnish verb löytyä. The material used is taken from corpora and consists of a random sample of 779 observations, analyzed both quantitatively by means of statistical methods, and from a qualitative point of view. The research aims at investigating which variables influence the case alternation of subjects of constructions containing the verb löytyä. The chosen variables are subject number, subject divisibility, subject part of speech, word order, tense, agreement and subject lemma, the only random variable. With the help of regression analysis, the subject case is predicted on the basis of said variables and of interactions between them. The qualitative analysis will also discuss the relationship these morphosyntactic and semantic variables have with the existential interpretations of the clause as well as with the subject quantity and definiteness. Kokkuvõte. Rodolfo Basile, Ilmari Ivaska: Subjekti käändevaheldus löytyä-verbiga konstruktsioonides. Artiklis uuritakse nominatiivi- ja partitiivikujulise subjekti vaheldumist soome keele löytyä-verbi sisaldavates konstruktsioonides. 779 vaatlust sisaldavat korpustest pärinevat juhuvalimit analüüsitakse nii kvantitatiivsete kui ka kvalitatiivsete meetoditega. Uurimuse eesmärk on välja selgitada, millised tegurid löytyä-verbi sisaldavate konstruktsioonide subjekti käändevalikut mõjutavad. Käsitletavad tegurid on subjekti arv, loendatavus, sõnaliik, konstruktsiooni sõnajärg, ajavorm ning subjekti ja verbi ühildumine. Juhusliku muutujana kaasatakse ka subjekti lemma. Regressioonanalüüsi abil ennustatakse subjekti käändevalikut mainitud tegurite ja nendevaheliste koosmõjude kaudu. Kvalitatiivse analüüsi käigus arutletakse ka selle üle, milline on nimetatud morfosüntaktiliste ja semantiliste tegurite mõju lause eksistentsiaalsele tõlgendusele ning subjekti kvantiteedile ja definiitsusele.

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Partitive subjects in Estonian dialects

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

A corpus study of grammatical case forms in written and spoken Estonian: Frequency, distribution and grammatical role

A corpus study of grammatical case forms in written and spoken Estonian: Frequency, distribution and grammatical role

Oblique complements in Estonian: A corpus perspective

Löytyä-verbin konstruktioiden yhteydessä esiintyvä subjektin sijanvaihtelu

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