Abstract
Abstract The paper provides a detailed examination of reflexive strategies in the Kuznetsovo dialect of Hill Mari (Mari, Uralic) filling in an existing gap in the description of anaphoric elements in Uralic languages. Firstly, I focus on simple lexical reflexives derived from the stem (ə̈)škə̈-. Having examined their morphosyntactic and binding properties, I adopt several typological classifications and approach the Hill Mari data from a cross-linguistic perspective comparing them to anaphors in other Uralic languages. Secondly, I consider other reflexive strategies employed in Uralic languages, such as complex (reduplicative) reflexive pronouns and reflexive detransitivization of a predicate, and I demonstrate that these scenarios are unavailable in the variety of Hill Mari under discussion.
Highlights
The present paper aims to provide a detailed examination of reflexive strategies in the Kuznetsovo dialect of Hill Mari (Mari, Uralic), contributing to the discussion of reflexivity in Uralic languages most prominently presented in Volkova (2014), where anaphors in Tegi Khanty, Meadow Mari, Komi-Zyrian, Besermyan Udmurt, and Shoksha Erzya are considered
As I intend to incorporate the description of Hill Mari reflexives into the general discussion of reflexivity across the world’s languages, I adopt the following two typological classifications of anaphoric elements: (i) the formal typology of reflexives based on their morphosyntactic distribution developed by Dechaine and Wiltschko (2017), and (ii) the typology of pronouns based on their syntactic behavior and requirements imposed on antecedents proposed by Kiparsky (2002)
I first discussed the morphosyntactic properties of the reflexive derived from the stem škə -: adopting Dechaine and Wiltschko’s (2017) typology of reflexives; I demonstrated that Hill Mari anaphors pattern with referential nominal phrases and should be considered full DPs
Summary
The present paper aims to provide a detailed examination of reflexive strategies in the Kuznetsovo dialect of Hill Mari (Mari, Uralic), contributing to the discussion of reflexivity in Uralic languages most prominently presented in Volkova (2014), where anaphors in Tegi Khanty, Meadow Mari, Komi-Zyrian, Besermyan Udmurt, and Shoksha Erzya are considered. As I intend to incorporate the description of Hill Mari reflexives into the general discussion of reflexivity across the world’s languages, I adopt the following two typological classifications of anaphoric elements: (i) the formal typology of reflexives based on their morphosyntactic distribution developed by Dechaine and Wiltschko (2017), and (ii) the typology of pronouns based on their syntactic behavior and requirements imposed on antecedents proposed by Kiparsky (2002). This section describes the morphosyntactic properties of Hill Mari lexical ške/škəreflexives and demonstrates that these items pattern with personal pronouns and possessed nominal phrases. This becomes relevant in the second part of the section, where I approach the Hill Mari data from the point of view of the Dechaine and Wiltschko’s (2017) typology for reflexive markers
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