Markers of motion-cum-purpose and event structure: -nda suffix in Nanai

The paper deals with the verbal suffix -nda with the meaning of “motion-cum-purpose” (‘to go to do V’) in Nanai. The discussion of crosslinguistic relevance of the motion-cum-purpose category is focused on the data of Nanai, and particularly on the possibility of morphological expression of this meaning without combination with any spatial meaning (including deictic ones ‘here’ / ‘there’). The event structure of the verb marked by the affix of motion-cum-purpose is also discussed, especially its argument structure — the expression of both arguments of the initial verb and arguments of the motion verb. Different results are revealed for the finite use of the nda-verb and for the pleonastic construction “converb-nda + motion verb”. The first one behaves rather like expressing one single event of motion-cum-purpose, while the second one gives evidence for the bieventual interpretation and shows both features of bi- and monoclausality.

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argument structure, event structure, motion-cum-purpose, Nanai, purpose constructions, spatial markers, Tungusic languages, verbal derivation

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08.08.2016

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GOST	Stoinova N. Markers of “motion-cum-purpose” and event structure: -nda suffix in Nanai // Voprosy Jazykoznanija – 2016. – Issue 4 C. 86-111 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/vopjaz/s207987840000128-9-2-en (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S0373658X0001051-5
MLA	Stoinova, Natal’ya "Markers of “motion-cum-purpose” and event structure: -nda suffix in Nanai." Voprosy Jazykoznanija 4 (2016):86-111. DOI: 10.31857/S0373658X0001051-5
APA	Stoinova N. (2016). Markers of “motion-cum-purpose” and event structure: -nda suffix in Nanai. Voprosy Jazykoznanija (4), pp.86-111 DOI: 10.31857/S0373658X0001051-5


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