A Balkanism in Central Europe? Realis vs. Irrealis in Subordinate Clauses in Prekmurje Slovene
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2011Author
Greenberg, Marc L.
Publisher
Nakl. Kleinwächter and Slezská univerzita v Opavě
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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The paper examines the distinction between realis- and irrealis-marking complementizers (ka vs. da in the Prekmurje (Pannonian) dialect of Slovene and compares the phenomenon to the same distinction observed in Balkan Sprachbund languages (Albanian, Bulgarian, Modem Greek, Macedonian, Romani, Romanian). Though the phenomenon is indeed synchronically parallel, historically the distinction in Prekmnrje Slovene arose as a result of retentions on the periphery (partially shared with the Carinthian dialects) and not as a result of (erstwhile) contact with languages of the Balkan Sprachbund.
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978-80-7248-773-8Collections
Citation
Greenberg, Marc L. 2011. A Balkanism in Central Europe? Realis vs. Irrealis in Subordinate Clauses in Prekmurje Slovene. Dialektologie a geolingvistika v současné stŕední Evropě. Ed. by Zbyněk Holub and Roman Sukač: 8–18. Frýdek-Místek and Opava: Nakl. Kleinwächter and Slezská univerzita v Opavě.
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