On the Semantic Typology of Adjective Derivation in the Tungus-Manchu Languages

The article deals with parameters for the study of adjectival derivation from the point of view of semantic typology. The bases of semantic typology of word formation and classification of derived adjectives are considered. It is shown that the parameters of “Eurocentric” standard classifications are shifted towards formal-content samples (derivative formant ~ formant value). The Tungus-Manchu languages demonstrate a possible system in which a significant role has the correlation between a (specialized) formant with a general meaning of ʻpropertyʼ and a limited semantic class of derivational bases. Of particular typological interest are the principles of semantic selection of derivational bases. In the Tungus-Manchu languages, there is a peculiar specialization of suffixes on bases with “perceptual” features (ʻcolorʼ, ʻtasteʼ, ʻsmellʼ, etc.), as well as on other core semantic types of adjectives. The distribution of individual characteristics of the Tungus-Manchu word formation within the language subgroup and against the areal background is traced.

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typology of word-formation, adjectives, semantic classes of derived adjectives, models of word-formation, system productivity, core adjectives, Manshu-Tungus languages

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28.03.2023

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GOST	Pimenova N. On the Semantic Typology of Adjective Derivation in the Tungus-Manchu Languages // Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka – 2023. – V. 82. – Issue 1 C. 24-36 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://izv-oifn.ru/S160578800024638-7-1 (circulation date: 20.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S160578800024638-7
MLA	Pimenova, Natalia B "On the Semantic Typology of Adjective Derivation in the Tungus-Manchu Languages." Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 82.1 (2023):24-36. DOI: 10.31857/S160578800024638-7
APA	Pimenova N. (2023). On the Semantic Typology of Adjective Derivation in the Tungus-Manchu Languages. Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 82(1), pp.24-36 DOI: 10.31857/S160578800024638-7

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