SOME TENDENCIES OF SELKUP VOCABULARY FORMATION

Bykonya V. V.

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In the article some ways of semantic derivations due to which Selkup basic vocabulary formed and developed are presented. Abstract notions replace concrete symbols specific for mythological thinking. The period of grammaticalization of concrete meanings ended in change of content words into connective and substitutive ones.

Keywords: Selkup, dialect, semantic derivation, regular sound correspondences

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Issue: 3, 2013

Pages: 62 — 67

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