‘PAIRED NOUN + VERB’ CONSTRUCTIONS IN SELKUP DIALECTS AND NORTHERN SAMOYED LANGUAGES (NGANASAN, ENETS AND NENETS DIALECTS)

Abstract

The paper deals with the ‘paired noun/verb’ constructions in Selkup dialects and Northern Samoyed languages (Nganasan, Enets and Nenets dialects). This paper presents the research and analysis results of constructions with nouns denoting paired items in Selkup dialects and Northern Samoyed languages, based on external comparison of agreement types and a paired noun number markers. The multi-level reconstruction permits to reveal the noun/verb agreement types for Proto-Samoyed level.

Keywords

• paired noun
• noun/verb agreement
• Selkup dialects
• and Northern Samoyedic languages
• Селькупские диалекты
• северносамодийские языки
• существительное
• обозначающее парные предметы
• согласование