title: Latin Сase System: Towards a Motivated Paradigmatic Structure
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Zheltova, Elena V.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Zheltov, Alexander Ju.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-02-11T11:27:10Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-02-11T11:27:10Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Zheltova E. V., Zheltov A. Ju. Latin Сase System: Towards a Motivated Paradigmatic Structure. Philologia Classica 2020, 15 (2), 208–229.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2020.203
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/23861
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article attempts, firstly, to critically analyze the traditional order of cases in Latin, secondly,
  to discover an internal mechanism that brings the elements of a paradigm together,
  and thirdly, to present a new model of the nominal and pronominal case paradigms in Latin.
  The authors develop the idea that the crucial role in structuring a case paradigm belongs to
  morphemic syncretism. The syncretism is treated as a systemic phenomenon of morpheme
  neutralization rather than a result of phonetic reduction. In the paradigm built on this principle,
  the cases marked with the same endings necessarily take adjacent positions. There is a
  certain correlation between the morphemic syncretism and the semantics of cases extensively
  exemplified in the Latin literature. Taking this as reference point, the authors establish a formally
  motivated paradigmatic order of cases and single out a set of semantic features that
  shape the case paradigm. This method enables authors to find the non-contradictory paradigmatic
  positions for both the core and the “marginal” cases (vocative and locative). Applied
  to the pronominal cases, however, it reveals the significant discrepancy between the nominal
  and pronominal paradigms concerning two cases — nominative and genitive. The pronominal
  nominative’s special status is determined by its pragmatic rather than syntactic functions,
  which is typical for pro-drop languages. The genitive case appears in three different forms that
  originate from the possessive pronouns and correspond to the three basic functions of the
  genitive — possessive, objective, and partitive ones. Such transparadigmatic syncretism brings
  together the paradigms of personal and possessive pronouns, which are related by nature. The approach suggested in this study makes it possible to present in a new way the nominal and
  pronominal case paradigms, to demonstrate in what points they differ from each other, and to
  highlight some functional and semantic features of the particular cases.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 15; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Latin
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: case paradigm
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: nominal and pronominal cases
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: syncretism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: morphemic neutralizations
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: paradigmatic oppositions
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Latin Сase System: Towards a Motivated Paradigmatic Structure
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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