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Two-Faced Subordination Marker In West Circassian Necessity Constructions

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  • Yury Lander

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

  • Irina Bagirokova

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

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This paper describes the behavior of a subordination marker -n in modal necessity constructions in West Circassian, a polysynthetic language belonging to the Northwest Caucasian family. We show that n functions as a simple suffix in the non-epistemic construction and as a phrasal affix in the epistemic construction. Hence, this morpheme violates the principle according to which the formal characteristics of a linguistic element should remain the same in different contexts of its use. This violation is explained by the difference in the semantic contribution of the suffix under discussion in different patterns and by the typological specifics of West Circassian, which allows its speakers to manipulate with morphemes more freely

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  • Yury Lander & Irina Bagirokova, 2015. "Two-Faced Subordination Marker In West Circassian Necessity Constructions," HSE Working papers WP BRP 38/LNG/2015, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hig:wpaper:38/lng/2015
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    West Circassian; modality; polysynthesis; phrasal affix;
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