Journal Article

THE VERBAL AUGMENTATIVE AND THE INHERENT PROPERTIES OF VERBS IN KOMI

TRIIN TODESK

2015

Overview

[...]because based on the examples of this questionnaire, the comparison clitic is added to the finite verb, and secondly because according to one of the informants, setny 'to give' is semantically unsuitable to form a serial verb in this context and should be replaced by a verb meaning 'order to', etc. In (18) it also appears as a serial verb, but this time with vöcny 'to get done, finish'. Since in (15), the dzyk-clitic was added to a finite verb, but in (18) to the infinitive form, the reason for the latter not being approved might lie in the positioning of the clitic and not in the lexical aspect of the verb. Besides these general statements about the lexical aspect classes of the verbs discussed, the analysed material shows some interesting tendencies of how the inherent properties change across the typical and non-typical verbs appearing in the augmentative. According to the questionnaire, the Komi augmentative grade follows the above-mentioned rule and the only telic event appearing among the data which receives a cardinality reading with the dzyk-clitic is presented in (26).

• Publisher: Estonian Academy publishers,Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus (Estonian Academy Publishers)
• Subject: Aktionsart / Clitics / Diminutives and Augmentatives / Finno Ugric Languages / Questionnaires / Reading / Semantic Analysis / Semantics / Sound Duration / Verbs