Universal Quantifiers in Ossetic: Cmp-quantification (on the Material of the New Testament Translation)
Year: 2023
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The paper describes the items, which used in the contexts of CMP-quantification (universal quantification of objects, expressed with singular noun forms) in the Ossetic translation of the New Testament, namely æppæt, iwwyldær ‘all’, ægas, ӕnӕхʼӕn ‘whole’, kʼахӕj-kʼuхmӕ ‘from head to toe’, ӕххӕstӕj ‘completely’. The specialized CMP-marker is ægas (29 contexts), while æppæt and iwwyldær can be also used outside the CMP-quantification contexts. The marker ægas is less common with animate than inanimate objects, and is not used with uncountable objects. The most frequent is æppæt (85 contexts), it is evenly distributed across different groups of contexts; the items ӕnӕхʼӕn, kʼахӕj-kʼuхmӕ and ӕххӕstӕj are rarely used (8 contexts in total), as well as iwwyldær (9 contexts).
Author: Irina A. Khomchenkova
Institutions: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Institute of Linguistics
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4379986194