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Producing Polysynthetic Verb Forms in West Circassian (Adyghe): An Experimental Study

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  • Yury Lander

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

  • Timofey Arkhangelskiy

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

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This paper describes a pilot experiment which was conducted by the authors with speakers of the polysynthetic West Circassian (Adyghe) language and aimed at investigating their ability to use complex verb forms that cross-reference several arguments introduced by applicative morphology. The results of the experiment support the view that complex polysynthetic words can be constructed in the course of speech and do not necessarily belong to any common inventory of word forms. In addition, we make several conclusions which concern productivity of applicatives and their order within the West Circassian verb.

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  • Yury Lander & Timofey Arkhangelskiy, 2015. "Producing Polysynthetic Verb Forms in West Circassian (Adyghe): An Experimental Study," HSE Working papers WP BRP 23/LNG/2015, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hig:wpaper:23/lng/2015
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    Keywords

    West Circassian; Adyghe; polysynthesis; cross-reference; morphological complexity; morphological productivity; morpheme order; applicatives;
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