This paper traces the history of the concept of the syntactic category
ākupeyar
‘referent shifting noun’ in Tamil grammatical tradition and its transformation into a semantic category and the role of Sanskrit grammatical thoughts in the transformation. Theoretically limited number of
ākupeyar
s multiplies and the semantic (referential) shift between nouns becomes layered. A shared syntactic of
ākupeyar
with
vēṟṟumai-p peyar
‘case carrying noun’ loses its importance when the discussion of the former turns to semantics. The discussion turns to the difference of the semantic shift in
ākupeyar
and the headless compound
aṉmoḻittokai
. In modern literary and other communication studies,
ākupeyar
is equated with trope.
A significant appearance of the term
enunciation
in work by Vilém Mathesius (1882–1946), a
founding member of the Prague Linguistic Circle, is not mentioned in
Joseph (2025)
,
which aims to widen the received history of enunciation theory. ‘Enunciation’ is the counterpart to ‘theme’ in
Mathesius’s (1929)
functional sentence perspective. His equating of enunciation (replaced
in the 1930s by ‘rheme’) with ‘psychological predicate’ links his use of the term to the aim in later enunciation theory of
bringing speakers and speech events directly into linguistic analysis.
John E. Joseph· Historiographia Linguistica· 0 citations
In this contribution, I investigate the conceptual and terminological relation between ‘prepositions’
(
preposiciones
) and a set of suffixes, mainly case markers, in
Bertonio’s
(1603)
and
Torres Rubio’s (1616)
Aymara grammars. These morphemes are
classified as prepositions or inflectional markers, or even both at the same time. This overlap is motivated by the typological
differences between the language described, Aymara, and the metalanguage, Latin, since the former does not feature a full
equivalent to Latin prepositions and encodes most grammatical relations by suffixation. The analysis reveals that the distinction
between prepositions and case markers is established on functional grounds and based on the comparison with Latin categories.
This article examines the philosophical and theoretical foundations of the category of time and the features of its grammatical expression using the examples of the English and Uzbek languages. Newton's concept of absolute time, Einstein's theory of relativity, and Kant's transcendental approach are considered as the theoretical basis for the linguistic analysis. The paper provides insights into the lexical foundations of this opposition in both languages: the synonymic field of such units as lahza (moment), soniya (second), daqiqa (minute), payt (time/period) in the Uzbek language and the polysemy of the lexeme "time" in the English language.
Abdulhamid Anvarov· Ijtimoiy-gumanitar sohada il...· 0 citations
Compound structures serve as an indispensable syntactic and grammatical component within the Tamil grammatical tradition. Tolkappiyar classifies these compound structures into six distinct categories. Among these, two divergent perspectives currently exist regarding the structure and definition of case compounds. One school of thought argues that a case compound is formed merely by the elision of case markers between two constituent words. Conversely, another school contends that beyond the mere elision of case markers, these constituent words must fuse indivisibly to function with the "nature of a single word." This article comprehensively analyzes these contrasting viewpoints by comparing the commentaries of traditional grammarians, the interpretations of grammatical scholars, and the theories of modern linguists. By prioritizing semantics—the fundamental core of language—this study establishes that it is grammatically appropriate to define a case compound as a compound syntactic structure that not only conveys case meanings but also functions organically as a unified, single lexical unit without any phonetic hiatus.
த. ப. சூரியா· Tamilmanam International Res...· 0 citations
This article examines the theoretical and methodological interpretations of the concept, which is one of the central categories of modern anthropocentric linguistics. The study employs a comparative-analytical approach to investigate the origin of the term, its evolution into a linguo-cognitive and linguo-cultural status, and the scientific perspectives of leading linguists. The analysis demonstrates that a concept is not merely a logical notion, but a complex mental-linguistic formation shaped at the intersection of language, cognition, and culture.
Surayyo Matsolayeva· Ijtimoiy-gumanitar sohada il...· 0 citations
The paper argues that developments and changes in relative-clause formation in Ukrainian since the end of the 18th c. are due to lexical variation between a relative particle, typically ščo ‘that’, with or without a resumptive pronoun, and the relative pronouns jakyj and kotryj ‘which’. This repertory of relativisers is the result of previous syntactic changes, without any further ones in the modern period. The paper provides evidence that there are no grammaticalised constraints attached to them in modern Standard Ukrainian or the dialects. Due to its lexical nature, relativiser selection is subject to substantial diatopic, diachronic and diaphasic variability, as well as to language contact and linguistic standardisation. The paper shows, with reference to contemporary Standard Ukrainian corpus data, that selection preferences may still correlate with extralinguistic and linguistic factors, such as jakyj as the standardised choice and ščo almost exclusively in subject position.
Jan Fellerer· Revue des études slaves· 0 citations
